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Oh, here we are again. Welcome. And today is a Wednesday morning. The midweek hump. We have arrived and let's see how the weather is going to treat us today. A little bit on the cooler side. High 51 degrees. Not too bad. It's going to be the coolest day of the week. We have partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow, sunshine 55. It gets better as we go along. Friday, partly cloudy skies.

Partly cloudy, high 66. Now, yesterday I was telling you that Saturday we were looking at a high of 75 degrees. We are now looking at a high of 83 degrees. Wow! Really? On Saturday, yes. And partly cloudy skies. I mean, it's going to feel like full-on summertime. I'm down with that. And then Sunday, 71 and cloudy. So we've got a good-looking weekend on the way. And on Preston and Steve's News Update with Kathy Romano.

Today is Wednesday, March 26th. Good morning, Kathy. Good morning. In the news this morning, people who live in Wissanoming and Taconi neighborhoods of Philadelphia are concerned for their safety after a video surfaced of a pack of dogs mauling a cat. It happened on Monday night near the corner of Carver and Dittman streets. The video shows the dogs chase a cat onto someone's front porch and maul it to death.

A witness says the dog circled her home throughout the evening. She reached out to neighbors to warn them about the animals roaming the neighborhood, and several people claim to have also seen the dogs. You rarely hear about packs of dogs. I know. Like Detroit had a big issue with it for years, but you never hear it really around here. That's scary. Yeah, poor cat.

A neighbor who lives on the street says it's absolutely ridiculous that people have animals and don't take care of them. The police were called out, but no one responded. After 6 ABC contacted Animal Care and Control, officials said that they sent officers to the area to search for the pack of dogs. Years ago, when my kids were just toddlers, there was a stray roaming around in the neighborhood. It was some kind of bull terrier, and it looked like an intimidating dog. And so I had little kids, and I'm like, this is concerning to me.

So I called the police, and then the police said, you have to call animal control. And then the animal control said, you have to call the police. And I'm like, I just want somebody to come out here and take a look and see if... That should be the purview of animal control. Yeah, but they were giving us the runaround, and I'm like...

I don't know what the hell to do. Fortunately, we never had an issue and then we didn't see the dog again. But I wasn't sure, you know, why the back and forth? Yeah, why are you sending me back and forth? So public safety obviously is the major concern and that's what they said. They saw the, you know, the dog's maul a cat. How many dogs did you say? Did they have a number? It just said a pack of dogs. Okay, all right. I saw video and I only saw two in the video. I'm not really sure what a pack is considered. Yeah. See this screenshot? So we're looking at three. Yeah. Yeah.

But that was the concern. The neighbor said, you know, kids are outside or other animals. Anyone who sees the dogs or knows the owner should contact Act Philly to file an animal violation or complaint. You can visit Act Philly's website.

Tower Health has sold the shuttered Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville, Chester County. The hospital closed back in January of 2022. Tower Health reached an agreement to sell the property to Mill Firm LLC, a real estate firm from Delaware. The firm is affiliated with Dover-based Regal Builders. The amount was not disclosed and neither party discussed the plans for the site so far. Of the 67 acres, 30 are building according to Tower. But again, there's no word on the future plans of the site.

Joey Merlino is opening a cheesesteak shop in South Philadelphia. No way. Yeah, I mean. Oh, call it Skinny Joey's. The kitchen at Skinny Joey's Cheesesteaks is heating up ahead of Saturday's grand opening. Right at Packer Avenue, right? Like Packer and Broad? Case, I think you are correct. You know he's got a podcast, by the way. Did you know that? Yes, Steve. This is the American dream right here.

So Skinny Joey Merlino says, this is my hometown. This is where I'm from, born and raised. We're the best. Everybody likes us. Even my haters like me. Merlino is referring to his past in the 1990s. The FBI claimed that Merlino unseated and then

reputed crime boss John Stanfa. After serving time in prison for convictions including racketeering, extortion, and bookmaking, Merlino is now opening the first of what he hopes will be a massive cheesesteak franchise. He's Pacino in Godfather 3. He tries to go legit. Wow. But I mean, so...

Whether you know this or not, Preston, Sammy the Bull Gravano has a podcast. The guy, you know, I mean, it's crazy that a lot of these guys are finding second, third, you know, swings. So this is legit, you know, a cheesesteak business. It is. Oh, my God. We're looking at there's a big picture of his face on the side of the restaurant.

Wow. Yeah. Wow. What the hell? Yeah. I might go. I don't want to say anything bad about him publicly because he could kill me. Well, and there's still a little, still some things happening. So his other business venture, the Skinny Podcast, Steve, like you were talking about, he shares stories from his past with co-host Joe Lil Snuff Perry. No topic is off- I might be inclined to use his lending service. I think that's probably pretty safe. No topic is off limits on their podcast, and he claims that they're getting millions of views every five to six days. Wow.

The restaurant has been a year in the making. The aging infrastructure has been a challenge. Last May, police responded to a small fire caused by a Molotov cocktail tossed in the vacant building. Whoops. Whoops.

Merlino disputes that it was arson. It was an accident. Someone's having a flaming brandy. It got a little too hot. Fortunately, insurance is going to cover it. Not to worry. He's focused on what's ahead. Wow. We should get him out to the camp out for hunger. Oh, my God. Once the money starts to pour. Wow.

Yeah, so this opens on Saturday. So if you want to check out his cheese steak shop. All right, let's do sports this morning. The Flyers lost to the Maple Leafs 7-2 last night in Toronto. What the f*** is this? William Nylander and John Tavares each had two goals and two assists and the Leafs cruised to the win.

Ryan Poehling and Sean Couturier scored for the Flyers, who lost their sixth straight game. Samuel Ellison had 23 saves in the loss. The Flyers are at home tomorrow night and will host the Montreal Canadiens. The puck will drop at 7 o'clock.

The Sixers, who have lost five games in a row, are at home with the game against the Washington Wizards. Tip-off is at 7 o'clock. And the Phillies begin the regular season tomorrow in Washington with a game against the Nationals. Zach Wheeler will get the start in the season opener, while Mackenzie Gore will pitch for the Nationals. The first pitch is scheduled for 4-0-5. And the Eagles are still the Super Bowl champ!

And that's what I have for you this morning. All right, thank you very much, Kathy. All right, so a reminder, at least from what I've been told, if you want to text us, today is the day. This is it. We have a new number. The old number doesn't work anymore, I think.

I don't know. I just do what they tell me. Listen, you're merely a cog in the machine. So the new text number is 610-660-9333. Or if you wanted me to be specific, 610-660-9333. Some people hate it when you say, oh, we found that out recently. All right, so...

You need to save that in your contacts, and you can now start to text us if you have anything you want to contribute to with that number. And eventually, you'll be able to use those digits to place an audio phone call. Uh-huh.

Time within the next month or so. Now, they're working on technology that will allow you to, in real time, talk to the person on the other line. Yep, yep, yep. Oh, my God. We're getting there, Steve. We're getting there. Could you imagine? Inch by inch, we'll be able to do that. In real time. In real time, carry on a conversation with someone far away. I still keep getting emails. People are like, I'm trying to, whatever it is, pick up a prize or contact this person. And I'm calling them.

the station and nothing's happening. I'm like, eh. Every now and then, I will legitimately marvel over the fact that you can talk to someone in Europe in real time. It's a technology that's been around for ages now, but it's still pretty fascinating. Like in the realm of Asgard, it would have been considered magic years ago. Yeah.

Well, for the five steps we've taken backwards with the phones being down, we've taken like 10 steps forward with this text platform. Nice. So everybody right now, save the number to your contacts and text us your name and hometown so that we can actually save it in our profile. And if we say hi to you on the air, we'll have it in there. Yes, there we go. We'll be able to mention you by name. Well, look, Joey Marino just came through. There you go. This text in from Joey, skinny Joey. Where do you guys think this is?

a cheesesteak shop. If he's in South Philly, where do you think he's staying? I assume he has a home. Is he like a written house hotel or is he like a live casino? I have no idea. Joey, does he not have a house? What do you mean? He doesn't have a house? Do you think? He lives in Vegas. No, I think he lives here. He lives in Vegas?

I don't know. I thought he lived in Vegas, but we'll do some checking. All right. Thank you, Marissa. And then thank you to our guests who are going to be joining us today. Brian Callen is going to be on the program. He will be in the 8 o'clock hour. And then Tom Papa is going to give me my sourdough recipe this morning. Now that you're... I've been convinced you weren't sent a packet of anthrax. Yeah. And he's taking you all the way back. He gave me a starter dough, which I ended up murdering. But the...

He sent you the little chips, which we didn't know what they were. Yeah, essentially it's a starter that's been dried out. Dried out, yeah. And you can reactivate it. So if you have any interest in sourdough preparation, he can give you some insight to that. Yeah, well, I think that's the reason he's getting in touch with us this morning. I also need just like 60 seconds with him to understand why he sent it the way he did. Okay, fine. Yeah, we'll find out from him. And we're also going to check in with Mike and Alex this morning shortly before 8 o'clock.

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And you can have a chance to win tickets at WMMR.com. But if you want to win them right now by answering the question, you need to text the word Zoom. And you have to text it to our new text number. Yeah. 610-660-9333. That is the number. 610-660-9333. So text the word Zoom, right, Marissa? We're still doing it that way. All right. She says yes.

And we will send you the link to possibly chime in and give us the answer to this question. Who bought Trans World Airlines in 1939? Who bought that airline? All right. Who bought Trans World Airlines?

Let's see if you know the answer to that. Text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. A lot of birthdays to mention while we wait for your answer today being the 26th day of March. Jennifer Gray's birthday today.

Obviously, Dirty Dancing. This is not her singing in this, but this is from the movie, obviously. It's so bad, but I love it. Yeah. Case, what were we seeing recently? Oh. I mentioned, I'm like, oh, yeah, Jennifer Grey was in that. It was the Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin movie. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, when they go to Poland. A lot of people don't recognize her in that. I forgot the name of it. A lot of people don't recognize her, period. After she had the nose job and all of that. A real pain. She looked a little different. I just recently saw a guy redo the scene with the watermelon.

It was so funny. He's a big fat dude with like a big belly and he puts his tank top on and he's coming across the bridge and he does like all the moves. The dances. Oh my God. Yeah, exactly the way she does it. It was really funny. That's great. She's 64 today. Actor Jonathan Groff, who's wonderful. He's in Frozen. Frozen.

Hamilton. Yes. He plays King George. Amazing. This is a clip from that. He's... Hang on. To remind you of my... Wait, hang on. Back that line up. I will kill all your friends and family to remind me of your... When it comes to shop, I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-

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Phenomenal. He only has a couple of moments in this show, but he's excellent. Just crushes it. And if you watch this, is it on, is it Disney Plus that has the... Yes. Okay. Hamilton. When you watch him sing this, he spits, you know, like the camera gets in there. It's so good. And he's from the area, right? Lancaster or something? That's right. Yeah. Great show that I'm re-watching, Mindhunter, that he is in. Terrific. Wonderful. He's...

Go ahead. Not getting any more seasons of that, are we? No, I don't. I think scheduling wise, it would, it couldn't work out amongst all the actors. Yeah. Yeah. It's so well done. He is, uh, 39 today. Uh, Michael Imperioly, who we've had on the program on many occasions, just recently. Yep. Uh, he is celebrating his 58th birthday today. Uh,

Very beautiful Keira Knightley also has a birthday. Bennett Lightback, back in first thing I remember seeing her in. First time and then the Pirates of the Caribbean and then those super pompous Chanel commercials. Love Actually, The Imitation Game she's wonderful in. I was talking about this movie last week because it was Adam Levine's birthday, but there's a movie called Begin Again with her, Adam Levine, and Mark Ruffalo.

And this is her singing. I was like, oh my gosh, she's a really cute voice. Yeah, she does. Really? Okay. Sounds like that voice would come out of her. So she is 39 years old today. Vicki Lawrence from the Carol Burnett Show, Mama's Family. Yeah, that was a weird sort of, they had a lookalike contest. That's how they kind of discovered her. Really? Yeah, they wanted someone to play in a skit.

Carol Burnett's sister. Oh, no kidding. Yeah. See, when I watched her show, this is really unfair to Vicki Lawrence. I always thought of her as like a poor man's Carol Burnett. And that's not cool of me to think that. No, but it's kind of the reason she's sort of brought in. She has one of the great comebacks, too. And it's a classic, you know,

You know, seen from the the mama's family segment of the Carol Burnett show where Tim Conway is going off and cracking everyone up and he's going on and on. And she's sitting there as grandma. And Carol Burnett says, you know, something to her and she turns around.

And she goes, are you sure that little a-hole is done, man? They all just lose it. She's great. 75 years old today. Leslie Mann, another great comedic actress. She's 52. 40-year-old virgin. This is 40. Married to Judd Apatow. Still, they're a couple. Martin Short has his birthday. Tremendous success with Only Murders in the Building. On to the fifth

season now, I think, right? Yes. Terrific. Literally, and considered by many top-level comedians one of the funniest people on earth. The rumor is they are narrowing in on him and Meryl Streep. They're going to get married. That's two or three. In real life. In real life, two or three of the online sites that I check over the past couple days have been suggested that they are heading ineluctably towards that conclusion. I love that.

We'll see. Oh, my God. That's the sweetest smile.

Three amigos. He's 75 years old today. Amy Smart, actress from movies like Road Trip, Tyler Perry's Single Moms Club. She is 48 today. James Eha from Smashing Pumpkins turns a year older. We hung out with him at Bam's first wedding. Yeah. And he turns 56 years old today. Nice guy. Yeah. He was a decent guy. He was kind of quiet, but we went over and talked to him for a little bit. He was cool.

Another couple of biggies in the world of singers. It is Diana Ross's 80th birthday today. Wow. Yeah, so it's a big milestone birthday for her. And I believe the Supremes are the all-time top

selling artists for Motown. I have to imagine. They were huge. They dominated. So I was just a little kid when they were really on their trajectory and at that time superstardom. They were like every three or four songs in a ten song cluster on the radio at that time. Yep, so 80 years old today. And then a couple more quick ones. Steven Tyler. Uh-huh.

Steven Tyler turns 76 years old today. Yeah. He fell off the stage one time. Love that footage. But he's had some health issues. And the band's having to hang it up. Did it come to an abrupt end? Weren't they actually starting a tour and he basically said, I can't do this? They were going to finish out their finale. Yeah. And they had to cancel shows. And so I think there still might be a couple more lingering issues.

I'm not really sure. But one of the great frontmen for sure is 76 years old today. And then the last birthday I have is Watergate journalist Bob Woodward. He turns 81 years old today and sometimes is the lead singer for Zeno. Absolutely, yeah. So he is celebrating his 81st birthday today. All right, we will see if you know the answer to the stupid question this morning.

And we have a Zoomer we're going to check in with. And the question we pose is, who bought Trans World Airlines in 1939? Let's check in with Ashley. Good morning, Ashley. Good morning. Good morning to see you. Ashley, who bought Trans World Airlines in 1939? Howard Hughes. Yes, that is correct. TWA Airlines.

Hold on just a moment. We'll get you info. Thank you for zooming in, Ashley. We appreciate that. We got you tickets to see Eliza Schlesinger at the Met on Friday, November 7th at 7 p.m. And for more show information and other chance to win tickets, you can head to WMMR.com. So in the aviator, they show the whole, you know, where he's trying to turn the TWA into a, you know, global entity going up against Pan Am. All those airlines no longer exist. Yeah, yeah.

All right, so Ben Affleck has broken his silence on his divorce from Jennifer Lopez. He spoke with GQ for their April 2025 cover story. He said the whole thing was drama-free. I hate that bitch. He adds that his fans' eyes would, quote, glaze over with boredom if they really sat down and talked to him about his life.

He did hit back at the rumors that J. Lo's greatest love story never told documentary had caused an issue in their marriage. However, he said, you've got to own what you knew going into any relationship. And I think it's important to say that wasn't the cause of some major fracture. So from the step off, it appeared that they just viewed marriage.

in different ways. She loves all the pageantry and the spotlight, and they never seem to be him, right? It kind of seems that way. So he shared that J-Lo is still somebody he has, quote, a lot of respect for. He said that...

People want to look for a root cause, but the truth is more mundane than he said probably people would believe or would be interesting. You have friends in your life, couples that you hang out with, and you can describe the guy as the always being dragged along guy that never looks happy. And all the pictures with her, if it was some sort of event, it looked like he was being dragged along. Yeah.

And Steve, I hate to break this to you, but Ben is done with the superhero. Yeah, I know. Yeah. He clarified earlier comments on how he was miserable portraying the Dark Knight. He said, I am not interested in going down that particular genre again. Not because of a bad experience, but just, he said, I've lost interest.

in what was of interest about it to me. And he also adds that it wasn't the production, but his mindset at the time that made making those films a bad experience for him. I'm not having a good time. He said a lot of it was misalignment of agendas, understandings, expectations. Stuff like that.

Also, by the way, I wasn't bringing anything particularly wonderful to that equation at the time either. I have my own failings, significant failings in that process and at that time. If you see, it's clear because he was going through, as you said, a whole bunch of stuff that was just personal. If you see how he looks in the reshot or the new footage that Joss Whedon shot for his release of the Justice League...

You can tell Affleck is a bit more bloated. It looks like a little bit more alcoholy. And so even he admits it was not a wonderful experience. Okay. Will Smith recently sat down with the Associated Press and took the time to speak about his ban from the Oscars. He was given a 10-year ban.

After he slapped Chris Rock during the 2022 Academy Awards, and now the actor says he's working toward a positive future. I am looking to be the best human I can possibly be, and I'm going to take what I get.

With that. And he previously resigned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has apologized to Rock as well, sharing that he was, quote, out of line and wrong for his actions. Did you see that they are renaming a street in the Overbrook section of West Philadelphia? They're doing it today, right? And he's supposed to be in town for it. I don't know. Yeah, he's doing something at the Sixers game, I believe. Yeah, Casey, I got a press release that says he's going to be there tonight and apparently playing songs off his new album.

In the game, they're trying to sell tickets. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That might actually spark some people to go. Sure, why not? And apparently they have a shot, right? The Sixers have a shot, right? Yeah, they're playing the Wizards.

So, Chris Rock has not been open about speaking with the actor. He did, however, share that he was open to hosting the Oscars again, adding, you never know. This is what I would say the most miserable people on earth are people that can't forgive.

Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle are shutting down rumors of a so-called feud during a fan Q&A on our Instagram stories. The Goop founder was asked, are you comprehending the Meghan Markle beef social media says you two have?

to which she replies, I genuinely do not understand this at all whatsoever. And then Gwyneth turned the camera to Megan, who was sitting there snacking on some pie next to her in the kitchen and shrugged. So there was an issue. Do you know about this? No, no, no. You don't snack on pie. You dessert on pie, but pie's not a snack. Like a tasty Claire pie, that's a snack.

Or I'm thinking of like a lemon meringue or apple. No, but if it's like a little midday, you know, between lunch and dinner with a cup of coffee, a quick slice of pie, that's a snack. You're thinking of like a McDonald's apple pie. No, I'm thinking actually a slice of pie from a tin. And if it's small, it's a snack. Yeah, it's a snack. If you can eat it while you're driving, it's a snack. I understand everything you guys are saying. Hard disagree. Okay. All right. It's a little dessert. You know what?

Because this man over here doesn't know how to snack. I sure do. He eats whole meals five times a day. Yeah, but if it's a sweet, I don't consider that a snack. Okay. Yeah. I'm...

What are you talking about? It's an early day dessert. How about this word, treat? There you go. I'm not backing away from the word snack. I'm not backing away from dessert. Just to appease this guy. I'm having a little treat. I don't know. I apply anything that's kind of a mini meal, a little riposte, quickly as a snack. I'm with you.

But I like treats, too. A little nosh. All right, so some internet sleuths previously speculated there was some tension after Megan's newly launched As Ever brand entered the goop-dominated, elevated lifestyle wellness space. However, Gwenny recently clarified in a Vanity Fair interview that she was supportive of Markle's career move, saying, I was raised to see other women as friends, not friends.

Oh, Gwenny, she's the best. Kim Kardashian is set to testify in the trial of the suspects involved in her 2016 Paris robbery. Yeah, this is pretty wild. The trial will begin in May, nearly eight years after five masked men stole millions in jewelry from her while she was staying in Paris for Fashion Week, including her jaw-dropping $4 million ring to then-husband Kanye West. It's pretty wild because the Parisian police used Khloe Kardashian as a bloodhound and they discovered...

It was pretty amazing. Kim revealed in a 2017 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians, I was Snapchatting that I was home and that everyone was going out. Believing the robbers knew that her bodyguard, Pascal Duvier, was out with Kourtney and that, quote, I was there by myself. She recalled hearing a noise at the door like footsteps.

before seeing two intruders and a tied-up hotel staffer. She said, they dragged me out into the hallway on top of the stairs and explained how she saw a gun clear his day and feared for her life. French investigators initially arrested 17 suspects with the first four men being indicted in January of 2017. So it was a real deal. She could have died. You don't know what's happening. But that also shows you why you need...

Never go on social media and say, I'm out at a restaurant or I'm here or I'm that. You can't do that. And always keep your bodyguards close. Yes, please. If we've ever learned anything.

Channing Tatum is known for being buff, but he's sacrificed that physique for his art on occasion, gaining a little fat as needed. And those days are over, Tatum says. Little fat Tatum O'Neal would be the desire of 99%. That physique would be the desire of 99% of men. Yes. Channing Tatum. You said Tatum O'Neal. Oh, sorry. Yeah, sorry. So in a series of pics posted on Instagram, the actor showed off how he's changed up his body for different roles.

but says that it's tougher to drop the weight after bulking up for a part. He said, I'm so grateful for my genetics.

Grateful for my chef, nutritionist, witch. Grateful for my trainer. I couldn't make these big swings in my weight without you guys. Are you grateful for your trainer and your nutritionist? And my nutritionist. And your bodyguards? But he said, but I won't be doing any more fat rolls. Added that gaining weight for a roll is too hard on the body now and too hard to take back off. Okay, so fat rolls, snack or dessert? Double dogs. That's a snack.

So, Al Pacino's new exorcism film, The Ritual, just dropped its first trailer. Directed by David Medel. Jimmy! Where does it take place? I don't know. It doesn't say. It's in Oregon. Yeah, okay. Come here. Directed by David Medel, the film is based on true events and follows two priests at odds who need to find common ground to perform a dangerous exorcism.

Can't you give me a straight answer anymore? Pacino stars as Father Theophilus Reislinger. Reislinger, I'm sorry. Yeah, Reislinger.

What the hell do you think you're talking to? A priest with a dark past and a flamethrower. Yeah, alongside Dan Stevens. I'll take a flamethrower to this place! As Father Joseph Steiger, who's struggling with his faith. And why? An unconventional way to perform an exorcism. I use a flamethrower!

I take a flame through into this place. I'm going to set this demon on fire. The trailer calls it the most terrifying exorcism in American history as Pacino's ominous voice warns that the devil will do everything in his power to stop them. This looks, the trailer looks, and God bless Al Pacino, love him dearly, this looks like a by the numbers. We've seen this so many times before.

You know, the neck and the body, you know, contorting and the girl and all the same sort of stuff. And all these, you know, low lit scenes. And it's over and over. I'm waiting for a great reinvention of the exorcism demonic possession movie. We need one. I wonder if this is based on the story that The Exorcist was based on, which I know well because...

It was at the University of St. Louis University. And my friends, when they were going to school there, they had a dorm room that was right across from. We could see the window where the room was and we'd always be like, there's the room. There it is. That's where it happened. Don't look over there. Yeah.

So this marks Pacino's return to religious horrors after playing the devil in The Devil's Advocate 27 years ago. Which, by the way, is a wonderful junk food guilty pleasure movie. I love him in that. He eats up the scenery like nobody's business. The Ritual is slated to release in theaters on June... What kind of a show are you guys putting on here today? Sixth. Hulu is... Wait. Yeah, it's June 6th. 6-6. That's close. Yeah.

So Hulu is setting a spring debut for season two of Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman returning as both actor and producer. You looking forward to it? Yeah, yeah. You like the first season? Really enjoyed it. We as a family watched it and dug it. So this time the retreat moves from California to the Austrian Alps. Maybe we'll see. I just have the best in the Steve show. Oh, my God.

Now it's ten people. Kathy, you do a pretty good job of that. I really did. I watch all of his videos. He's so cute. Oh, my God. He's the best. Beautiful is this mouth looking right behind me. Right behind me. He's the best. He is. So, they'll be in the Alps where nine new strangers connected...

Big summer blowout. And connected in ways they could never imagine gathering. Once again, under the guidance of Masha Dimitrichenko, played by Kidman. Masha! Masha, Masha, Masha! According to the logline, she takes him to the brink in her quest to transform their lives. But will they make it? Will she?

Boom! The new season boasts an all-star cast, including Henry Golding, Annie Murphy, and Christine Baranski. So what's the deal? Is it a creepy vibe? Well, so the first one had a murder scene.

Oh. There was a... Yeah, you're trying to solve a mystery. Okay. On top of each one of these groups of people were having internal struggles on their own. So they're dealing with things? But the background was trying to find out who...

the killer amongst them is. And yeah, it was an interesting story. Or at least there was a potential murder. There was a threat of murder. And you're trying to figure out who that is on top of examining the dynamics of the issues these people were having in their own personal lives and these things. These kind of things. Yeah. With the murders and the people. But it was good. And it involved like

microdosing and stuff like that and wellness. How was Melissa McCarthy? She was great. She was great in it. And this was Hulu's biggest original series at launch, by the way. So it did very well for them.

I wanted to mention this one because he's a friend of ours. CBS Media Ventures has announced the renewal of one game show and the creation of another. The Perfect Line, a new game show hosted by Debra Norville, will launch this fall with, well, Flipside, hosted by Jaleel White. Has earned a second season. So good for him. I've watched. It's good. Yeah, so he's a good host. He was such a nice guy.

And he gives you a free pot, right? He gave me a joint. Yeah, it was really cool. The flip side follows two teams of players as they guess how two different groups of people feel about the same issues. Teams choose from multiple choice answers, and the right answer wins the pot. And the perfect line features the question of...

There you go. Wins questions about world events. I'm sorry, features questions about world events, pop culture, sports, science, and other topics. Contestants are given a category and then arrange items and events or people in an order that makes sense. So,

The last person standing in the final round wins a $10,000 prize. We also have the comedian Adam Ray on the show last week, Preston, and he also has smoked purple Urkel. Oh, yeah. If we didn't get a chance to chat with him about it, I'd love to hear his impressions. That's right.

Let me see a couple of the quick things and then we will move on to the clips. I wanted to mention this one. John M. Chu, this is a follow up, has shut down all those casting rumors about his upcoming Britney Spears biopic. Reports had begun to circulate online saying celebs like Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter and Millie Bobby Brown have been circling the role. And now Chu has dismissed the whole thing. He said none of it is true.

He said, sounds exciting, but have not done, not had one conversation about casting this movie yet. We are way too early in development. Sorry. So, you know, it's going to happen, I guess. Listen, they should ask my advice. And my advice would be to go with someone who is not well known the way they did with Selena. Her story at that time, Jennifer Lopez was just starting in her career. You get someone that established. I think it's going to be a problem. Yep.

That's just my advice. And then I meant to hit this a couple days ago, but Netflix has launched its search for actors to play the Ingalls family in its reboot of Little House on the Prairie. You guys always tell me that I remind you of Michael Landon. Yes. Wait, no, you don't. It's the hair, Steve. It's it. It's it.

Dad, you're bald. Shut up. By the way, he was the writer, producer, director. He was the dude that ran that whole thing. Absolutely. He pushed the plunger when they blew the town up. Did he really? I think he did. So the streamer is on the hunt for the next Laura Caroline Charles Mary Ingalls.

The casting call also gives some insight into the upcoming series, describing it as part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West. And part raunchy sex comedy. And it adds this fresh adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder's iconic semi-autobiographical Little House books.

offers a kaleidoscope view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier. When and where was Little House set? Oregon. Was it back home in Oregon? Okay. Uh,

Yeah, Case, I don't remember specifically what state it was supposed to be in. It's clearly the Midwest. Minnesota, believe it or not. Wow. Yeah, Case, I just pulled it up. So Plum Creek near Walnut Grove in Minnesota in the 1870s to the 1890s. I loved, by the way, the series was not the first step. They had a movie. Yeah. A made-for-TV movie that I loved. I thought it was really well done. It was a little...

There were elements of harshness to it and living in that environment. And then the series was a little bit more homogenized. But I love those original movies. Yeah, I don't recall the series ever having winter. You know what I mean? Yes, it did. Yeah, it did. It's just in my mind. It was perpetually spring in that show. But the town voted and had it removed. The most memorable episode to me was, and I forgot the boy's name. They eventually had a young boy that they took in. Yeah. And he got hooked.

on morphine. Do you remember that one? I do remember that, yes. From the doctor's office. And Mr. Ingalls, what was his first name? I don't remember. But Mike Landon's character took him way out into the wilderness and had him go cold turkey. And he had like, he had spasms and freak outs and all this stuff. It was good.

It was wild. I saw a groundhog, man. Charles Ingalls. Charles Ingalls, yes, thank you. And the wife was always very prim. Yes. Never suggested swinging. No? No. Not with the Olsens? I met a lovely couple today after church meeting. They called you a prime cuck. Okay.

I forgot to... Shannon Dury ended up on the show towards the end. Did she? She did. And so is the one sister, right, went blind? Was that the plot line? Yeah, there were a couple ones. Oh, wow. Jason Bateman was in it for a bit. Get out of here. Yeah.

He was a kid actor. I'm trying to find that kid president you're talking about because I remember that storyline. Yeah, I forgot the character's name. It was in the last couple seasons that they brought him on. It was like the Cousin Oliver. You bring a new one in. We're dying. Let's bring in someone else. In the interest of time, we've got to move along. We've got to do the clip. Here we go.

Fans are thrilled that Daredevil is returning to the small screen. And in this clip, Debra Ann Wall expresses her excitement about bringing back Karen Page. That almost never happens, right? I mean, usually you close out a character and you're like, I guess I'll never be with that person again. And you miss your own character. You miss everyone else's characters. So the chance to come back, it's really heartening in a very specific, weird way. Yeah, yeah, yeah!

New episode of Daredevil Born Again is out now on Disney+. They actually dropped two. Two new episodes this week, yeah. Here's the next clip. In the studio, a newly appointed studio head attempts to save the floundering company. And here, Ike Bernholtz talks about the creators of the show. I really do look at it as a real love letter. These guys love this town. Even though they've been through the ringer and they've dealt with the bulls**t and

and they've had ups and downs. They love this business, and I do too. Yeah. The studio premieres today, and that's on Apple TV+. All right, that's your entertainment report, folks. A lot of info in that one. How do you do it? How do you continue to keep your finger on the pulse of everything in the entertainment realm? Steve, I live, eat, sleep, and breathe it.

That's what I do, man. Yeah, you even have a teletype at home. You don't know that. Hey, Craig Legans is always listening and he's a wealth of knowledge, especially in pop culture stuff. He said the actor on Little House on the Prairie was Matthew Laberto. Okay, I just don't remember the character's name. Did he tell you that? No. Bang. It

is Albert Quinn Ingalls. There you go. And he was addicted to morphine. He was. He was. He was an addict. Alright, we gotta take a break. We got a lot going on today. Tom Popp is on the program. Brian Callen is joining us as well. We're doing a little turn on Fox Good Day. We'll break and come back in a moment. Stay with us. What's going on in the world of rock? You'll find it at WMMR.com Your one stop outlet for all the rock news you need to know.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Steve, Nick pulled up the video for I Stay Away from Alice in Chains, and now I do remember this claymation, and it just gave me an idea. Here's a great project for a student who's doing visual arts or something along those lines.

Wouldn't it be great if we had a claymation of us? I would love it. Or in studio, Steve, and if you used the demon voice or whatever, or the bear voice, your head could morph into an actual bear or Batman or...

or an alien. Lobster Man. That would be great. Lobster Man would be perfect. Go at it, gang. Steve, so this was, I Stay Away was on Jar of Flies, which was that EP that Alice in Chains put out in 1993. And it's funny that it has memories for you because it does for me as well. It came out my freshman year of college. We listened to it over and over again in different dorm rooms. But it's a short record. There's only seven songs on the record and it's mostly acoustic. It's really beautiful. It's my favorite Alice in Chains record.

record. I'd have to agree with you. Yeah, I'd agree with you. And for that, there are passages that are really beautiful. Within this song, there are these lush

Wall of Sound just sweeps me away. I love it. Don't Follow is the same kind of a vibe. Yeah, it's a really great EP. Preston, by the way, there is a listener on our show who does claymation, and he did stuff for Wake and Bake, the intro for Kevin Smith, and he did a claymation, I believe, for us. His name is Joe Garifo. He did claymation for us? Yes. We usually remember our claymation people. I know, I know. I got to find...

I had a correspondence with him about a year ago. Okay. I got to see if I can find this. All right. I would like to see that if that indeed did happen. So we're going to try something out. We're going to do... And Casey, I've thought of a new intro for this. Okay. Stacco Topics.

It worked. It worked. I didn't tell you guys ahead of time. You can still play the music. All right, so let's do it again. No, wait, stop. Okay, yeah. Oh, and then you hit the music. Right. All right, so ready for Stack-O-Topics.

All right. Here in front of us, I have some various things that I've written down over time that I wasn't sure, topic-wise, if they have legs or not, and they don't really have a time stamp on them. It's not like a...

a thing that's happening now but some of them might actually involve legs they might yeah so uh what we do is we randomly reach in and i actually put a couple of fresh ones in here this morning uh because i try to keep the stack not too big but i also don't want it to dwindle so every now and then i'll recycle yeah uh some topics and so we'll reach in here and we'll talk about whatever we come up with who wants to there's a question who wants to choose kathy did last time she can again if you want

No, Steve wants to. All right, Steve. Oh, you know what? I was just going to suggest, but thank you, Nick. You know what? He made me take the jump I was afraid to take. All right, I'm going to fan these out. I can't fan them all out, so you just have to reach in. Just send me fan. All right, grab something. All right, now.

I really want this one to be good. I know. You feel the pressure. I'm feeling braille here. Wait one second. God damn it. I'm sorry. I'm having to stretch. I probably should have just been around. No, you probably should have. I got it. He's got one. Okay. He's got one. I'm excited. Name a jerk, a Kirk, and a Turk. Shut up. All right.

All right. Carnag. Ah, something stuck somewhere in the house. Okay. This actually does relate to a topic right here that we just had with Nick. Something stuck in the house? Yeah, I'll explain. Yeah, so you can finish it. I'm sorry. Something stuck somewhere in the house that you've never touched. Dart on. All right, I'll explain that. Those are notes for me at the bottom there to remind me why I wrote that down. So,

In my house, this happened several years ago, we eventually did get rid of it, but it stayed there for, God, like three years.

Do you guys remember the creepy wall crawler thing? Yes, yeah. I love them. Throw them on the wall. Oh, yeah. And they would trickle down the side of the wall. And they would leave grease marks on your paint. Well, so, Kathy, I threw one up and it was in our dining area. And I threw it up on the ceiling. And we have a high ceiling there. So, probably, I don't know, 15 feet, something like that up there. Yeah. I threw it and it stuck next to the skylight. And I was like, oh, wow. I'll get that down later.

Three years later, it was still there. And one day, eventually, I'm like, okay, it's time to go up and get that thing. Kathy, it had like permanently, there was a grease stain around it. And I had the hardest time getting anything off. But it was just kind of like a thing. We just left it there. Did it eat away? Did it paint at all?

Because it will leave a grease stain. It left a stain. It didn't eat the paint away. But we left it there for years. And it was like, it was obvious. It wasn't like you had to go searching for it. It was just in the middle of the ceiling. And we just left it there. And by the way, I'm sorry, Casey. No, you're good. If you want to contribute to this conversation, text, we have a new text number. Text the word ZOOM to 610-660-9333. All right?

All right. 610-660-9333. And you can jump on with your story with us. As we speak right now, I have a sticky ball that is stuck on the roof of my back room where I do all of my TV watching. And it has been there for, I would say, no less than two years. A sticky ball is stuck on the external roof? No, no.

Inside the ceiling. Okay, yeah. The ceiling. So what you're talking about, the little sticky, it's the same exact material. It's like rubbery, sticky stuff that my son threw on the ceiling and it's still there right now. Dude, so I got a whole pack of those things prior to a holiday party with the family and the kids were hurling those up.

And the whole idea is, oh, no. And then they come down and you throw them up and then eventually they just fall down and everyone laughs. I had to get up on a ladder and take three or four of them down. They weren't moving. I mean, they would lock in place. Sometimes they'll stick. I would like to extend my gratitude publicly to our engineer, Rich, because yesterday I dropped my right earbud into a tiny...

tiny little crack in between my chair and the console that's in between me and Preston and Casey. There actually should be carpet there, but it's like a teeny piece that's missing. There should be. And Kathy, the width of that crack happens to be the exact same width as my right earbud. And somehow I dropped it out of my hands, onto my knee, and then off the bottom of my boot into the crack. Oh my God.

And Rich came in yesterday and Preston, if he hadn't done that, it would have been stuck in this room forever. You would have had one of those situations. Yeah, it would have been. There'd be no way to extricate it. Underneath this floor paneling where a lot of our wiring is. But he came in and got it out yesterday. So thank you, Rich. Nice. Okay, so I can't do this. No. I know. It would drive me nuts.

I actually forgot, Nick. That would be the only way is if I were to forget. I forgot you dropped that down there. But I came in yesterday and he said, oh, I dropped that down there. I'm sure you had gone down to the floor and looked and tried to get it and all that. But everyone was standing up and they were like, oh, that sucks. And I was like, I got to get down there. And I went down with my flashlight. I couldn't even see it. And when I stood up, I was like, well, you have to tell them. There's screws down there. They can pull that...

that up. Because it bothered you? Yes. I was like, it can't... Because I knew most people would forget about it and leave it there. But I'm like, AirPods, they're not cheap. Somebody's got to come in here, open that up and get that for you. And that's how it is with anything. If that happens, I'll put tape on the end of a stick and try to get something out of somewhere. There was another thing that we had and it was a...

It was like a foam dart, like a Nerf dart. Yes, yeah. Okay, from those Nerf guns. And we used to shoot those things all over the house. I mean, we had those bullets and darts all over the house. And there was one that I guess we were in our foyer and we have a chandelier and it's really high up. And one of them went up there and...

sat up there and you can see it stayed up so so i see i align with kathy's feeling on this because it would drive me out of my skull i would think about it at work i would like like i'd have to go get that right get that so the likelihood of that happening i think when you have kids like preston you're shooting stuff around and playing games the likelihood of stuff like this happening yeah like something's up on top of the bureau or something you know that it

that's exponentially going to increase because of things exactly like that. Yep. Sticky ball, nerf, all that stuff. So I have a washer and dryer closet, right? So the doors open. So there's enough room for the washer and dryer. There's some shelves above it and like just a little bit of space around it all. So it's not like pushed up against the wall. Well,

I was missing something and I was like, maybe it fell behind, you know, the washer and dryer. So I climbed up onto the washer and dryer and I peeked over and sure enough, there was like a whole wardrobe back there. So like the washer will shake a little bit if there's clothes, you know, that I put onto the, into the wash basket and, you know, socks, socks fell off or whatever. So I went as far as, um, I remembered when Jace was little, he had, you know, the little, um, like hand claw things like, yeah.

Oh, yeah. Extended grabber. Yeah. They sell them for senior citizens, too, to get. Yes. Okay. And Kathy to get her socks from behind the washer. I bought that. So I have it. And that lives next to the washer and dryer so that if anything falls back there, I can easily get it. I would love to see Kathy looking like an Iron Man hybrid there.

With her grabbers. Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry. I just thought of another thing. Jace's bed, it's kind of like the way it was built, it has drawers underneath it and they weigh like a thousand pounds. So you can't actually access underneath the bed. If you go to the base of the bed, there's like a small little pathway, right? But the drawers are on either side. The cat has...

like a toy or something that he took under the bed. And even with that grabber, if I'm like laying on the floor, have my arm all the way under to my shoulder and have the grabber, I can't get it. Is that driving you crazy? Well, and I can't move the bed. It's so heavy. So it just has to wait until he gets a new bed. Nick, along the lines with your, with your air bud falling in that little crack, my bed is,

has, you know, it's got a box spring. And there's just this tiny little sliver between the bed frame and the box spring that your phone can slide into. Okay. The problem is there's like a little ledge at the bottom of the frame. Oh, so it can rest there. Where it... But...

It rests there and it won't fall all the way through. And the only way to get your phone out is to completely take... You got to take the mattress off and then you got to take the box spring out. That's the only way. You just raised actually a major topic, which is...

the phone, and you know what brought it to mind is when you're flying now, they tell you if your phone slides down into the seat, don't get a flight attendant. Do not try to... You've heard them say this, right? No, no, no. They said it when we were flying down to Florida and they said it flying back. I missed it. Yeah. If your phone were to slide down

between the seat and the armrest. Don't try to get it yourself. The flight crew will come get it for you. Because they don't want you to get stuck or something? Well, because yes, the mechanism and moving it back and forth. The same thing with the cars between the center console and the seat. I hate that. Here's an explanation of it. It

It says online aviation experts warn passengers not to retrieve dropped phones during flights as crushed smartphones, lithium ion batteries can spark fires midair. There you go. So they airline stress alerting cabin crew instead. Wow.

Yeah, they said it on the flight we went down on and on the return trip case they said it again. So Casey, yesterday when I dropped the Air Bud, you said something about like a magnet or like hooking something up, but I forget what the context was. My Air Bud fell out of my ear or I was getting out of the car here at work and I just dropped it and same thing, Nick. Like I just...

tapped it, and it fell in such a way that it fell into the track of the seat. Okay? Where the only way that I could retrieve it was I got a coat. Taking the engine out. I had to get a coat hanger. Yeah. A wire hanger, and then I had to tape a magnet to it. And then just somehow...

you know, can orc her the thing underneath the seat so that the magnet would then grasp the air bud. And it worked. And it worked. Okay. It was the only way to retrieve this thing. All right. Marissa just brought something over to me on our studio door. Yes. Right over here. It's been there forever. It's been up there for years. And I didn't even think about this. We have these ball magnets. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

And I don't know where we got them from, but they decided to have a home right at our studio door. And Casey, there's a Jabra earbud that was stuck to one of them. Is that yours? No, that's Marissa's, I think. Oh, this is Marissa's. Okay. Marissa, get over here. What's with the earbud? Here, you can use my mic. Oh, I was just showing that it worked. I saw the guys walk in yesterday. I was like, why? What's going on? They were like, oh, it fell. And I was like, oh, we have magnets right here.

And that's what they used to retrieve it? Well, no, because Nick, yours actually didn't just fall into that crevice. Oh, no.

it fell a second layer down. Stop it. So it was in the depths of hell of our studio. I feel like such an a-hole because they're like in the middle of configuring the entire phone system and a new text line. And here I'm like, hey guys, I lost my earbud. I knew it had to have gone down there because when we were looking, you couldn't even see it. It didn't just drop. It went, like she said, to another level. So Preston, what are the laws of physics that like when you're in bed or whatever and you have the remote,

And it falls down. How does the remote end halfway under the bed? That's Newton's fifth law, by the way. How? An object that falls from your hand in bed will fall between the cracks. Will fall? And there's nothing you can do about it. Down and laterally. Yeah. Under the bed. How does that happen? Shoot.

under the bed to Kathy that point that you can't even reach it with the grabber. So you reach out of bed and then you have to get on your hands and knees and your question is, how the goddamn did that get there? Yep. Nope. You can almost count on that. Count on it. Yep. All right. Well, anyhow, we got a lot of text, but we're going to move on to another Stack-O-Topics. Stack-O-Topics.

All right. Kathy, you didn't clap. God damn it. I did. Yes, I did. Oh, you did? Yeah. All right. That's it. I want you to clap vigorously. All right. Let's try it. Oh, topics. That's it. There we go. Yes. Okay. She just ruptured herself. I'm going to have you pick the next category. All right. The next topic. Let me fan these out, and we'll have you dive in. There's a lot of them here. All right. What will it be? Many topics. Many topics.

Was mine okay? I picked it. Yours was great. Okay, one. Okay. All right, here's mine. Here we go. All right. Preston, what's it going to be? What have you worn for an extended period of time? Okay, and I'll give my example to this. And the reason I wrote that down in the first place. When I was in my 20s, I was still in a rock band back then. And I had, do you guys remember Friendship bracelets? Yes. Tay-Tay started bringing those back. That's right. Taylor Swift.

But I had friendship bracelets. I don't remember the friend that gave them to me, but I had two of them. They were orange and black. And I wore them around my wrist and I never, ever took them off and I wore them for two years. And I have a picture of me taking them off.

when I finally decided to remove them. There was a point, you know, the rubber bracelets that charities would give out. Yeah. You had a stack. There was a point where I had about six of them on my right arm or right wrist and I wore them for about two years. No kidding. Without ever taking them off. Because you could shower with them on. Yeah, yeah. So I have three bracelets on right now. I've had two of the three on since December of 2023. Wow. Yeah.

Ew. Ew. Gross. Well, that's what they're made. What about when you wipe? They're called permanent jewelry. 2023? Yes. December 2020. So. Over a year. Over a year. Wow. So what do they do? Okay. You go to the jeweler and they hook it for you? They do it for you. Yes, my friend. True by Christy in Westchester put these on me. Oh.

And when you're done, you cut them off, right? You cut them off. You gnaw them off. Well, it's funny. They actually... These stretched out a lot, which I didn't realize gold stretches, but apparently it does. So I'm actually going to go back to her and she's going to kind of shorten them a little bit. Now, there's also in this same category, and I believe I wrote this... What I wrote down on here was same dress for 100 days straight. I think it was like a bizarre file story I had or something along those lines of a woman who wore the same dress every day. Now, that's not...

leaving it on 24 hours. That's wearing the same thing every single day. I don't remember what the story was. Leaving it on around the clock, right? That's what you're looking for. Well, I remember back in our early Y100 media days, Marilyn Russell wore the same pair of jeans every single day for months.

months straight. Yeah. She told you? Did you smell? No, it wasn't a smell thing. It was a, I don't know. You just get fixated on things. I'm like, same jeans today. Now this is taking it off, but there are some people who wear the same hat every day and wear it to death. Yeah. Baseball hat. Yeah. Just till it's absolutely falling apart and never wear anything else. That definitely happens. I have a hard time, uh,

I will wear the same jeans more than once, but I have a hard time. I wouldn't wear them twice to work. I wouldn't wear them one day after the other. Say on Friday I wear a pair of jeans and then Saturday I'm like, I want to wear those again. I would because I'm not going to see you guys. But you're not going to have the same people see you wearing the same clothes. I mean, jeans look like jeans. I know. And I'm the same way with shoes.

Really? Wow. You don't wear the same shoes two days in a row? No. Oh, my God. God. And no one, not one of you would ever notice. No. Never. I know. Well, look, I wear the same jeans. I'll get a good month out of a pair of jeans before I ever wash them. I'll wear them every single day. Absolutely. I don't care. Yeah. I don't care what you think. I don't care. And I'll wear shoes for a year. Right.

Yeah, so I cycle through my shoes. These are the boots I'll have for a little bit longer, but like my hiking shoes, I burn through pretty quickly. So every couple months, I'm having to get new ones. Kathy, what is that? You have this ankle bracelet that apparently beeps when you get too far from home. What is that? What?

I'll go the entire winter wearing the same jeans. The entire winter? Wow. Yeah. And I mean, obviously I'll wash them at some point, but I'll definitely go a week or two without washing them. And I'm fine with all of it. You know, I'm changing underwear and putting on new socks. I'll take showers occasionally. But same pair of pants, same pair of jeans. I don't care at all. I know this is a different animal, but I told you guys I never washed my gym clothes when I was in junior high and high school. That's gross. They were disgusting. They smelled like Doritos. By the way, they smelled like Doritos. I don't know.

Preston, I remember a la prison style. They would flip the lockers over at a certain point in my high school. It was like, you'd rather be at the killing cell. Yeah, absolutely. They used to make us. You had to take them home on Friday. They would come through and open the lockers and your stuff had to be out of there. Because it smelled like a mortuary. Yeah, mine were disgusting.

All right, we're going to go to a Zoom. We're going to talk to Jackie. Speaking of ankle bracelets, she's got a story. Jackie, good morning. Morning, Presbo. Nice to see you. All right, what have you been wearing for an extended amount of time?

So I'm the Jackie that's from South Carolina. Oh, yay. By the way, Casey, I'm such an idiot. It was Broadway at the Beach is where you visited. Oh, Myrtle? Oh, okay, yes, Broadway at the Beach. That's exactly it, yes. We were talking about Myrtle or Hilton Head? Yeah, Myrtle Beach.

Yeah, but I have actually, I'm going to see if I can show it to you. I have this ankle bracelet that my daughter made. She's now nine. I think she was three or four-ish when she made it for me. Wow. And you've worn it for six years? And I don't take it off. And my other jewelry I don't take off either. So the jewelry, that ankle bracelet has not left your body for six years? Correct. Wow. And what was the other thing you don't take off, you said? I mean, just general jewelry. Like my dog passed away probably about five years ago.

Three or four years now. Yeah. Unless I change it for like a day, this automatically goes right back on. I don't take jewelry off. Okay. Okay. I'm weird. How long have you had the nose ring? Since I was 18. I'm now 40. Wow. Same one. Same ring? Mm-hmm. Wow. I mean...

Every once in a while I'll change it up, but I actually just got the second one done last year or so. Okay. But they don't come out either. So piercing's tend to... And I do karate, so I have to take them out for like events. So like if we do tournaments and stuff, I do have to take those out. But other than that, they all stay on. You don't want someone to kick your nose right now.

I'm so deathly afraid of getting a bloody nose or a broken nose from something. Right. That's the one biggest thing that I'm so afraid of. So with the ankle bracelet, this is going to be with you till the day you die, you think? Totally.

Till it falls off. Wow. Okay, wow. That's commitment. And it's for your daughter. Does she know? Do you ever tell her, hey, I still have this on? She has a matching one that she wore for like three days. There you go. That's commitment. That's great. Awesome. She knows it's hers. And I mean, it's just literally just braided a little bit. But yeah, it just will stay on. It means something. If my son makes me one, it'll be the same thing. There you go. Excellent. All right. Thank you, Jackie. Appreciate it. Have a good one.

good one. You too. We'll talk to you later. Case, I think you had a good idea with the, I mean, if you were going to wear something, like you have the tattoos of your kids. Yeah. That's a nice touch. It's a really good one. Yeah. And you have the photo of your kids. Yeah. And then the story behind it. The story behind it was...

Could you just stand still so we can take this picture and then we'll be done with it? That's right. It's supposed to be them side by side lovingly watching a sunset that you almost had to threaten them with murder to get the picture. I have to have this redone because the jersey that my son's wearing a jersey in it and it's a Ben Simmons jersey. So I need to redo that. Yeah. Your daughter's wearing a Carson Wentz jersey.

All right. Do we have time for one more or do we need to break? No, I think we need to break. Okay. All right. Wow. We only got two topics out of that. But we have to check in with our... Yeah, we got to go on Fox Good Day. So we'll do a lengthier one next time. Another round of Stack-O-Topics. Thank you for joining us for that. We're going to take a quick break. We'll come back in a moment. We'll do the TV thing and bizarre file stories aplenty when we return. Stay with us. SummerScar.com

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One place, one price. Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Hi, thanks, Kath. By the way, Steve sent over this article he came across, and it was, I think it was a website called A Million Podcasts. I think that was the name of it. He always wondered because there's so many online journals and things like this, but...

Nick, are you calling up? Yeah. Thank you. And anyhow, so they have the top 100 podcasts in the country and they ranked us as number 18 on that list. Damn. That was pretty cool. That is pretty cool. It seemed like a pretty, all the obvious ones that you would think, that place I had, Corolla and Rogan, and I guess it was, maybe Rogan. I didn't see Rogan on there. Yeah, yeah. Corolla. I saw the, yeah, Two Bears and Kelsey Podcast and all that stuff. What's that? I thought Rogan was one on it.

No. I didn't think I saw it. No, number one was Conan O'Brien. Oh, Conan. You're right. Which is a great, honestly, is a great podcast. There was also one that's local called Are You Garbage? And that was the one I wrote you guys about. And those guys are fans of our show. I like those guys. They're really cool. Yeah, they're nice dudes and they're local to Philly. So, yeah, it was a really cool list. All right, excellent. Well, thank you for that. Yeah. It's really cool to see. It's very cool. We have about seven or eight seconds. We'll be hearing some music on...

Hey, Preston, Steve. Always great to visit with you. We're going to talk about something called Boomerang Day.

Or boomer asking. Yeah, boomer, but then people could think that it's the generation of boomers. Okay, boomer. It's boomerang. All right. Boomerang asking. They're laughing already. I know. So I want to know which member of your group would be... Like you say...

Oh, man, did I have a night last night? Then Kathy would say, oh, you did? Well, let me tell you about mine. What they really want to do is talk about themselves. Right, so the way I understood it, Mike, is you ask a question, you initiate a question to the person you're talking to with the intention of actually asking

answering that question yourself. You get their answer and therefore you can now supply your own answer to that. Something you really want to tell them about. That's all you really wanted in the first place. As opposed to just saying, hey, by the way, last night I did this. But it's like, what'd you do last night? Really? Oh yeah, well you know what I did? I did this. I kind of hate that. I kind of hate that reciprocal. Why don't you just tell me what you want? Don't be...

Don't assign me a role in your little play here. Just tell me what you want to tell me. But I will do that sometimes as it might seem too... Well, let me tell you how I do it. I know. Just to offer something up sometimes might seem a little abrupt or a little...

even though essentially what you're doing is selfish anyway. Yeah, yeah. But the delivery system is a little bit different. So when I read the article about this, I was like, okay, you do that every now and then. Do you think you'd be the most of the show to do that? No. I think it'd be Casey. Casey. Actually.

But Casey, Casey, yeah. I don't know. I think every single one of us is guilty of this. Sure. Yeah, in one way or the other. Now, there's like, I'd seen this article and the one that I don't like is the Boomer article

bragging. If you have something to brag about, just brag about it. You don't have to bring me... I hate that you guys did that. I hate that you guys brought me up. We're all guilty of that. It's like that. Enough about me. What do you think about me? That's what it is. What about you two? How about you guys?

I'm a lot better about it. I stop myself. You know when a lot of people do it is when you talk about illnesses. Yeah, I just came down with COVID. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow. Well, I was one of the first person. And they tell their whole thing about COVID. Or if somebody dies. Oh, yeah, I've been through that. Did I tell you about my mom passed? That's the one up me. Yeah, that's the one upmanship there.

I hate when they've had a worse illness than you have. Isn't that a bummer? Like when you bring them, oh, man, I can't beat that. You know, I had a spinal tap. Well, you win. It sucks when you go into stuff like that because you want that sympathy. Right. I think a lot of people, especially when you're coming down, say, oh, I think I'm getting sick. Oh, I've been so sick. I was so sick. I couldn't move. I was out for four months. Oh, my mother died in a freight train exposure. Oh, God.

I'm coming down with something. I'll try to be better about it. All right. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys. We'll see you later. No, there's like a few different categories that they mentioned. And they're all legit. I had it set for the Just Saying Institute because it's an interesting peek into psychology and how we operate. I think we can still flesh it out. All right. We just scratched the surface. Yeah, just a tiny bit. We go deep. We go knuckles deep. Oh.

All right. So, Nick, were you going to bring something up? Just that list because our buddy Greg Fitzsimmons was on it. I don't know if we just mentioned him or not. So, yeah, Garbage was 14. RU Garbage was 14. Then Fitz Dogg was 15. Box of Oddities, which I'm not familiar with, was 16. And then our show, The Presidency Podcast, is number 17. We're 17. I thought we were 18. I shortchanged this. Yeah. Working our way up. Even.

Even better. All right, well, that's cool to be on that list and regarded amongst all those. All right, I have some Bizarre File stories, so we're going to get those. Now, WMMR presents Preston and Steve's Bizarre File.

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Lucas Lembeck was arrested soon after the bomb threat was reported at the store on Tuesday afternoon. He allegedly admitted passing a note to someone on a yellow starburst in a prank that was meant to be funny. He later admitted it was dumb and was arrested on a charge of bomb and hijack threat. The Wayne, Pennsylvania...

The Wayne, Pennsylvania resident was released on personal recognizance after a court hearing. So the person who had called police told officers they were shopping when a stranger approached and said, it's National Starburst Day. I want you to have this. And they said he handed over a note and the yellow starburst on the yellow starburst and...

was gone when the shopper read the message. It said, I have a bomb. Don't say an effing word. Wow. That's not funny. Yeah. Unless you know that person. Yeah. It was just a joke. Investigators reviewed security footage seeing someone matching the man's description and the shopper while speaking with the officers spotted the person he'd spoken with across the street.

When officers approached the man and asked if he'd been in the Urban Outfitters, he replied, I don't believe so, and then admitted that he had been after being read his Miranda rights. He also allegedly admitted to passing the note, which he thought the shopper would know was a prank. And when officers asked what color the Starburst was, he said it was yellow. So what would you predicate the idea that they would know it was a joke? Like, what would make you think they're going to know it's a joke? Yeah, I don't know. It's nothing! Nothing! Nothing!

They found paper in Lembeck's pocket that matched the note and several packages of Starbucks candy, one of which was opened. You should do stand-up. A Florida woman is facing felony charges after allegedly robbing a Dairy Queen at gunpoint.

For $1.50. For $1.50? The incident took place in Coconut Creek where 44-year-old Allison Fetting reportedly pulled out a black handgun and demanded money from the cashier. However, instead of taking cash from the register, she grabbed a tip jar containing $1.50 and fled the scene. At gunpoint. Yep, no one was hurt during the robbery. Wouldn't you steal product? Fetting, yeah, it's ice cream. So Fetting was taken into custody the next day on a second-degree petty theft charge.

Although the robbery occurred last year, Fetting was not booked into jail until Friday. She had previously been sentenced to prison for another robbery in 2003. That was the big 75 cent heist. Fetting was also accused of similar crimes in Coconut Creek. Okay, you're robbing a Dairy Queen at gunpoint. What do you go for? Man, uh...

Probably something I could carry away easily. Maybe an ice cream cake or something like that. An ice cream cake? That's your go-to at a Dairy Queen, though, right? No, I mean, my go-to is boring. It's just a small vanilla cone. So that's why that wouldn't sound very interesting to Rob. I just want to also say that

I learned this from you Preston you don't have to be celebrating a birthday to get an ice cream cake you can just get an ice cream cake he came to our shore house one time we were having an ice cream cake he's like whose birthday is it we're like nobody's he's like

I didn't know you could do that. Oh, my God. I've been living a lie. Yep. Yep. If you like ice cream cakes, just go get one. Yep. Get any kind of cake. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So this is a terrible, terrible, terrible story. A 47-year-old Colorado woman has been charged after her elderly mother with dementia was allegedly mauled by dogs.

that authorities say were living in unsanitary conditions. They killed her. So we had the story this morning locally of the... Of a cat. Yeah, dogs mauling a cat. This is an elderly woman. Jessica Hoff was charged with criminal negligence resulting in death.

along with 54 counts of aggravated animal cruelty. Hoff's arrest on Friday stemmed from a call from the sheriff's office received with a report of an unconscious woman. Deputies arrived at the residence and found LaVon Hoff, 76 years old, unresponsive, and there were several dogs running loose inside the home and another two dozen were found at the residence.

A 76-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the home. An investigation found that LaVon Hoff was left alone while her daughter ran errands despite requiring 24-hour care for her dementia. And during that time, she was attacked by the dogs inside her home. How horrible. What a nightmare for someone to go through that. Detectives executed a search warrant on the home and a second property Jessica Hoff had in Colorado City.

They found 54 dogs and seven birds in her possession. The dogs and birds were found living in unsanitary conditions and several dogs were in poor health. So she is in custody. All right, we'll do a lighter story, but still a difficult thing that happened here. It goes without saying, but some bets are worth taking. A young man in Russia was hospitalized after performing 2000 squats to win a bet with a friend.

Following the challenge, he experienced severe leg pain, swelling, and dark brown urine, eventually becoming unable to urinate. Doctors diagnosed him with rhabdomyolysis, a condition where muscle tissue breaks down and enters the bloodstream, potentially leading to kidney failure.

kidney failure. Is there anything you might have done? Well, I did 2,000 squats. Yeah, tests revealed his kidneys were functioning at only 50% capacity. Holy hell. Fortunately, he was treated without dialysis and his recovery may take three months to a year from doing squats. Well, years ago when I did all those push-ups, I mean, that was the dumbest thing, one of the dumbest things I've ever done. I mean, I was...

I couldn't move. Yeah, that's... But I didn't have my kidney shut down. All right, and then one last story. A dispute over a parking spot in Winnipeg escalated during a trip to a hospital. A woman in her 30s was standing in a parking space on St. James Street in Winnipeg trying to save the spot for a family member. Another driver, a 40-year-old woman, arrived and argued with the woman and then decided that she had argued enough...

The driver then drove into the spot, knocking the woman down and left without checking on her. The victim was hospitalized with lower body injuries but in stable conditions. We got two people doing two stupid things here. Yeah, yeah. The driver was later identified and faced charges of assault with a weapon and careless driving. You're right, Steve. You can't.

stand in a spot. If you're there with your car ready to go, then you got the spot. Yeah. Not unless the person is seconds away. You can't send somebody over to stand in a parking spot. No thank you. That's why they should sell mock cars that you can carry over. Yeah. Like in World War II when they had tanks and things like that. You can hold like the Flintstones walk over.

You have a car around you. You just walk over. God, I love that idea. I'm holding this spot. I love that idea. All right, that's the B-file. All right, we're going to take a break. What do we got coming up? Oh, Brian Callen will be joining us here shortly. He is performing at Helium Comedy Club through the weekend, so we'll check in with him next. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. All right, thank you very much, Kathy. All right, Casey just told me, and I did not know this, we have Brian Callum, but he's going to be closer to 830. Uh-huh. Which we had planned to have him now, and I did not know this until 30 seconds ago, so. Do we want to formally announce our rock opera that we're working on? That's cool. Uh-huh.

It would be great if we were doing that. If we could have an announcement like that, it would really help kill time. Do you guys ever door dash things that are not food?

You mean like just get them to pick up things for you? Yeah. I know a number of people have and swear by it. I have not. So I did this yesterday for the first time. My daughter's running track in high school, and so she needed a new pair of sneakers. And I ordered these sneakers on Dick's.com, Dick's Sporting Goods.com. And I had them delivered, Kathy, free delivery, by the way, via DoorDash. Well, it wasn't free then. You paid the DoorDash fee. Yeah. Maybe they paid the DoorDash fee for me.

Because it wasn't, I mean, I could show you, you know, my purchase history. Yeah, you definitely paid more than if you were to just go get it yourself. Okay. All right. But it saved time, right? That's the point. They said it was free shipping. It counts. Yeah, there we go. Okay. Just tell me I'm beautiful. I did pay for it on the back end, you're thinking? Yeah. No judgment on anyone when I say this, but I think I'm just too set in my ways because that to me, and like I said, Casey-

just seems really lazy. You know what I mean? And I guess that's why I don't do it. Like for me, it's like get in your car and go get what you want. Go run to the store and get the thing you're going to get. I can't justify it. Now, you said you didn't pay for it. That's awesome. But like the DoorDash and stuff like that, it's just, it's the only thing I ever order delivery and really don't even do it anymore is pizza. That's it. So we do pizza. And I was a delivery guy for a while. So I don't know why I don't do it. I do. So caviar, it's

is DoorDash. Okay. Same thing. So I use that fairly frequently only because a lot of times, Preston, where it's a... It'd be a haul to get to where I'm going and at the time that I'm ordering, dinner time, it's like, oh no, but I will just... There's enough around for me that I can just dart out and get it and I will. If you're going to DoorDash from a place...

And I forget who I was listening to talk about it, but they were saying basically that they were stunned while working for one of these services how many people order food and whatever from places that are within almost sometimes walking distance. I like the going to get it.

I find that that's part of the enjoyment of the shopping experience for me, Preston. I don't like ordering much of anything online if I'm going to get clothes or anything, any shopping item. I like browsing. I'm a visual person, so when it comes to looking for anything that I'm going to purchase or something I want to try on, I don't like using Amazon or any ordering services. I like going to the store, but the same goes for food. I like being in proximity to where I'm going to get it, and it seems like to me there's...

It's not the work involved. It's like the task of going to get it is a bit satisfying to me. Does that make sense? Yeah, but the conundrum to me is that I don't. Like, I don't like going to get stuff. I don't want to go run errands or stuff like that. Do you sing while you go to get it? Do you whistle? Yeah. Yeah, I might do it. That should make it more pleasant. But I do it anyway. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. It's weird. I do like the little... Nick, I have my Saturday going to pick up

gas and stopping off and getting maybe I have my I will go down Stenton Avenue and I go down Bethlehem Pike and I've got my stores I've got the banking and I love that little hey good morning Al and the guy's not even there's no one there

I do look forward to this. Rochelle and I go, um, um, food shopping on Saturday. It's, it's our thing. We go do, we meal plan everything. It was, I forgot some, somebody was chastising someone for shopping. It was some talking head, some idiot about chastising who goes shopping, who goes grocery shopping with their wife. I'm like, well, I do every single week and I actually enjoy it. And you guys put the pineapple in the front of the car. No, but we, um,

We meal plan. We get an idea of three or four meals that we want to make for the week. We make our list, and I have my list because I bring my lunch to work every day. And we go to the store, and we divide and conquer. We split up the list. I go there. She goes there. We rock it. That I find satisfying. You're like George Pappard in the A-Team. Yes. You love it when a plan comes together. And I understand that. Crossing that stuff off the list. A to-do list.

Yes, I agree 100%. I'm a list guy. I've turned into the list guy. Like every day I write down of five or six things that I want to achieve for the day and I get tremendous satisfaction crossing the list. What's your favorite composer, Franz Liszt?

No, but maybe he will be now if I put the two together. A little bit of a deep dive. Do you use the... What do you use? Notes app? Yeah. Same. Yeah, because you can... Do you use the list form? The little button. Yes. You guys familiar with that? Yeah. So you know what I do? I told Nick my secret, which is what I do is I send myself text messages. Yes. So I articulate the list into my message, which sends myself. And then in my...

When I'm texting myself, it comes up in my text chain as Mr. Large Penis. It's a bit of irony. But it stands out amongst the other things. But there's a little list icon you can hit on here. And as you check things, literally you put a check mark on the list as you get them done. And you can share that. And that's the cool thing because I think we were doing this for Kenan's last year. Listen, there's a lot of moving parts when we do a live broadcast, especially something like Kenan's. And so as producers, we shared a list like that.

on the Notes app, and you can check that off, and...

So you know what other producers are doing. Oh, that's cool. Casey, I use that for grocery shopping. So if I'm in a place and I'm getting stuff, I can check off the things that I've gotten or if Andrew is shopping separately from me, we have a shared grocery list. The same thing, Preston, we can click the button and then it looks like we're good on popcorn. You know what that's... But Steve, to address your point real quick, I've started... I have two email addresses. I have my non-work email address and my work email address.

I will go in my non-work email address, voice email, and send that to my work email as a reminder. That's what I do. I will then put my work email into my calendar, and I've had that as the set reminder for something to do later in the day. So I'll use the Reminders app because I'm currently writing my manifesto. And the ideas come to me. I'm like, I don't want to forget this. Hey, going back to the shopping thing, somebody had texted in real quick, and Nick, it says, romantic walks around Costco.

I don't know who it's from. We're trying to use the new text message to see who these people are if you enter your name, which, by the way, our new number is 610-660-9333. But about the romantics walks around Costco, I read an article recently that there are some people who see going to Costco as...

as like a date. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You can get a hot dog, go out to dinner there. Hot dog? Yep. They don't sell mattresses, do they? Yeah, they do. Absolutely. Consummate right there. Yeah. Go ahead, Nick. I'm sorry, Preston. It's Sean from Marlton using our new text platform. Sean...

wrote in and included his name and email address. So if you do that to the new text line, which Preston has on the other side of the board, now we can track these texts and it says he's the guy that wrote Romantic Walks Around Costas. He also wrote, I have a relative who does it and it drives me nuts. So you know what I noticed? I went to the Acme over here. I'm an Acme guy. We're always talking about Acme. You too.

Always talking about that. Constantly getting reprimanded by the rest of the show. So what happens is I go in. I'm going to pick up my rotisserie chicken. We give a little fresh chicken to Kizzy and her dinner. You didn't need to know that, but I threw it in. Anyway, Preston, there was a whole bunch of sample stands. Toothpicks, cheeses. Really? Like, at a time.

At Acme? This is back. So like, and you said, like I did, I'm starting to see it like at the Costco's and the BJ's. Yeah, yeah, yeah. These kind of things. I love that stuff. Yeah. I don't even, even if it's something I don't even routinely like. Sure. The idea of a free sample. Try it. Yeah. Why not? It's the whole purpose. But some people are going to Costco for dates, which is interesting. So, yeah.

I don't think Rochelle and I call that a date, but we do go there. I don't know. Don't you consider anything that you guys do together a date of sorts? You know, it's not... Like filling out your taxes? Huh. I guess maybe. Yeah. And listen, I dig you and Rochelle's relationship. You guys seem to have a very, very strong marriage. You guys like being around each other and all that. So things like going shopping, which...

I don't know, can put stress on a day. You know what I mean? I never have a stress situation with Chloe. If I go by myself, I don't. You know what I mean? Okay, these are rituals I'm sure when you go. When we go to BJ's, and I'm thinking about making the jump to Costco because I've heard so many good things. But when we go, this is something that we always have to do. I get the big cart.

and I pretend that I'm picking her up to put her into the seat. And we do it every time. And we just break out laughing because it's our little thing. Do me a favor. What? And actually put her in the cart next time and take her to the truck.

that for me. Listen, I still ride the cart in the parking lot. Oh, yeah. It's a lot of fun. I still get a bizarre joy out of that. Do you do the from a distance push and see if you can get the cart to dock, so to speak? Yeah. I love that. Into the corral? Into the corral. Yeah. I'll sometimes...

push it ahead if I know it's not a downward grade. I will push it ahead of me and then I will catch up to it. How badly do you despise people who leave? They're right there. I hate it. It bothers me, but I have... I like to think that

that person has a mobility issue. They don't have a they don't have a handicap spot, you know, a handicap tag or anything like that. Maybe they left it there for that reason or they were elderly. I

I like to think that. I know that's not always the case. Well, if they're not handicapped, they will be. Yeah, we're not done with them, goddammit. So this is in a shopping cart thing, but it reminds me of something my friend used to do. He used to drive a 68 Chevelle. This thing was gorgeous. And when he would come home from his girlfriend's house, he would try and drive it so that he would coast the...

and try and coast perfectly, would he be fully aroused? Where the car would rest on it and stop on its own? Stop on its own in his driveway. But he would do it for like half a mile. That's great. My dad used to do that when we were kids. Right.

What color was it, Casey? You remember? It was brown. When you said it was gorgeous, I thought you were kidding at first. They're really good looking cars. Chevelles are pretty cool. He's so mad. The worst mistake he ever made in his life was he ended up selling that for a freaking Ford Probe.

A probe? One of the worst names for a car ever. Yeah, the probe. It was a good-looking car, but, you know, for the time. Not to go off on a sub-tangent, but I think one of the worst names is Murano. What is that? Nissan Murano. Murano. Morons already in it. Preston, when you had cars, older cars, where you could shut the car off while you were driving...

That would be shut it off and see if you could coast with the momentum into the driveway and nail it. Yeah, that was always kind of a young driver's recklessness. Did I mention this on the air the other day? I forgot what show I was watching, but it was an older...

It took place in a previous decade. I was watching on Golden Pond. Remember I told you she gets out of the car and she leaves the door open and the keys are in the car and I hear this...

There used to be a feature when you would leave your keys in the car and your door. Take your keys out, you stupid bitch. It would make that noise and Norman would yell at you. God damn it. I'm old. My ears can't take that. You stupid bitch. Norman, that's your daughter. All right. We need to stop this conversation and move on because our guest is ready to go. He's going to be in town.

We were hoping to have him by the studio, but some travel plans have changed. But he will be here in Philadelphia. Helium Comedy Club, Friday night, Saturday night, and the ever-elusive Sunday night show at 7 p.m. We've been without him for a while, so we need a little extra dose. Ladies and gentlemen, please give some love to Brian Cowell. Gentlemen, I missed you. We missed you. How have you been, sir?

I love hearing guys talk about on golden. It makes me feel young again. And I want to apologize for my face. I ate a lot of cheese last night. There's much cheese, so I'm holding water. But usually my skin's much tighter, much.

No, you look dashing. In fact, you had me cracking up. I was watching something just recently to talk about your visage and your physicality. And you described yourself instantly as human skin pulled tightly over a cheetah. Ha ha ha.

That's what the media says. That's not me. That's the media. I'm just a man who moves from point A to point B the best way I know how. Yes, I'm supple. Yes. Yes, I'm supple and probably a little bit dangerous. The game of the jungle cat. Well, listen, you're an actor. You've got to be on camera. You've got to take care of this. Do you have a skin regiment? No, I didn't.

A skin regimen? Do I look like a leftist? What are you talking about? What do you do? Creams at home? I soap and water and I go to work. I'm an American. Plus, I'm in Texas. You don't use any product or anything in your hair or beard?

No, no. This mane that you see, I just let it grow. I let the wind and God take care of it, my friend. I wish I was there for you to run your fingers through it. It feels exactly like petting a schnauzer.

I mean, by the way, not to drop names, but when it comes to taking care of yourself, you'll appreciate this. Moved to Austin, Texas, three days ago. My buddy calls me up, Tim Kennedy. I don't know if you know Tim Kennedy, former Green Beret and UFC fighter. He says, are you working out with us tomorrow? I say, I guess. And I show up and it's Tim Kennedy and, oh, I don't know, Lance Armstrong. What? What?

Yeah, I said it. And this other guy named Ian, nice guy. And it's just the four of us. And they take us through...

Well, for me, it was brutal. But for Lance, it was just another day. It was like reaching for the salt. That was rather humbling. I don't have his endurance. I'm really mad at myself for it. Well, to that point, so when you're with Lance Armstrong, are you fighting the urge to bring up everything? I mean, because obviously I was watching the documentary that was being made, and when everything broke, and it was...

There's a complex thing because the guy is, you know, he's achieved a lot, but he's also a fascinating guy. Did you find yourself having to bite your tongue from trying to engage him in conversation? No, I don't look at those things. What I look at is an extreme winner. Yeah. You know, whatever went on, you know, I think that's the kind of guy. And at one point we were on a stationary bike. Oh, no. I know.

I'm not kidding. I was what's called pacing myself. And because he was, and I was just looking at how fast his legs were moving. I look at an extreme winner who's probably the greatest endurance athlete ever.

And, and regardless of whatever went on, I promise you, I promise you, he would have found a way to win. They, that's a mindset and a physicality, but, but, but a guy who's, who figured out how to win, um,

You know, it's like Barry Bonds. Barry Bonds may have taken some PEDs, but Barry Bonds also won what? I think it was nine Golden Gloves. Well, you make it as a great documentary about the use of steroids and use of performance enhancing drugs and so on and so forth. And even in the world of bodybuilding, and Schwarzenegger's talked about this, that you

It's not like it's a magical elixir that turns you from Dr. Banner into the Hulk. You've got to put in the work to do it. You've got to have a physical predilection to have this happen. And so...

Maybe all of that, which used to be, I remember when people would find out, oh, they're juicing. Now, I mean, I would never do it because of the long-term effects of it. But people are making the case that you have to have the foundation and you have to still put in the work. Do you believe that? That is without a doubt the fact. Yeah. You don't get to be the winner of the Tour de France, if you will. Sorry, that's French for France. Okay.

Yeah. Because you got good quads. And by the way, that was a playing field where I guess I don't follow the sport, so I'm talking sort of a lot here. But for the most part, I guess it was where everybody was on a whole bunch of stuff. Everybody was a walking pharmacy. Oh.

I don't know. You know, for me, I just I just it was just exciting for me. I was like, he I get to work out with Lance. A nice guy, by the way. Very encouraging. But very encouraging. Yeah. As I'm as I'm trailing in my in my in my set, I get. Come on, dog. You got this. I was like, hey, man. All right. This was for you, Lance. It was pretty funny.

yeah do you fight the urge to call him by his full name every single time hey leon storm strong of course i do of course i do and by the way now that you said it and next time i work out with him that's what i'm gonna do my right is an american you you were you were a wrestler in high school right i was look at my neck for god's sake how good were you uh you know um

The worst thing in the world is for a 58-year-old man to talk about how good he was in high school as a wrestler. But I had a good single leg, a good double leg, and a good arm drag and duck under. And I'll keep you busy. Not a guy like you because I'm looking at your shoulders and even over my phone.

I mean, I can't believe you're not on all the steroids. Your shoulders are on for days. Thank you. Yeah. James Caan was my mother. Yeah, so. James Caan was your mother, which explains why your legs, why you're built like a smurf from the waist down. But here's the thing. No, I, you know, I was actually fairly good. I think I was, I took third in the All-New Englands. That's good. That's pretty good. Not bad. And, yeah.

Not a strong kid, but I had good coaching and I won more than I should have probably. Did you have to do any severe weight cutting and go through all that crap? I did. I did. I actually went to college to wrestle and then hurt my back. And I am convinced that I went to Dan Gable's wrestling camp.

between my junior and senior year. And Dan Gables wrestling camp in Iowa was a camp you had to graduate from. And it was, they trained you the way the Hawkeyes train you. They trained you the way an Olympian trains. Wow. I've never been pushed like that in my life. There was a D1 program at American University. And I remember my back would hurt when I would smell a mat. And I was convinced I had to

back problem. And I think it was a psychosomatic injury because I just didn't... I was like, if this is what D1 wrestling is, if I got to suck weight like this, I don't want to do it. I don't care enough. And so, of course, then I became a Kung Fu master. I can't talk about that stuff. Of all those disciplines, and you got Grillo in your life, Frank Grillo, who's obviously a specimen, and Joe Rogan, and all these people who are really...

adept and you know accomplished at that so the thing that occurs to us you're talking about getting older you now have to do that balance where you're like do i want to do this and then know that i'm going to live with uh pain from whatever i'm doing right now for about three years yeah this is listen you know i do take jujitsu i just took a class i i do box

and stuff. But here's the problem, okay? I do it all because in case there's a situation, okay? Maybe I'm walking down the streets of Philly and there's a situation and I gotta, you know, maybe somebody's snatching a woman's purse. Maybe somebody comes up to me and says, what's up? What's up, Mr. Hangover Guy? You know? And he wants to give me a little shove around, a little tear up. I...

I better be, at 58 years old, I better be very warm and thoroughly stretched. For that situation. Yeah, I'll coat everything. If you want to fight me, I need at least a half an hour. And you have to start slowly. In my place,

The other problem at my age is I have perspective. So I'm not going to fight you. I'm probably going to go, you're not mad at me, young man. You're mad at the world. Is there a defensive posture that comes from just getting immediate sympathy from your attacker? There is. What I do is I fall into the fetal position and I start complaining about my ovaries. That's what I do. That's it.

I fall to the ground. I go, I'm with child. I'm with child. I'm one of those modern women. There you go. It is funny. You will see people, you know, like an Instagram reel or whatever, where people are about to get into it on the street and people have their arms at their side. Yeah. I know. I know. I know this. I know this. I will say I saw a day I went I was at a wedding and this kid was a D1 lacrosse player. Stud. Big kid.

And I was with my wife and we were in Denver and I looked out my windows right on the street and he's about to fight. And he had his fist balled

Both his fistballs at his sort of beltline and he was pumping them up and down. Hey, dude, I'm not a tough guy, but I promise I'd knock that guy out. Your D1 frame is no good here, my friend. Have you ever had to? I mean, honestly, though, so in your many years, what, 30 plus years doing performing stand up and everything in general? I mean, have you ever been have you ever had to employ any of those?

I did once in Venice, California. Yeah. Near the beach where a guy kind of grabbed me by the, he tussled my hair and then sort of went for my throat.

And I put him in an arm bar because he pushed me over a table. Oh, wow. And I gave him a good, I gave his elbow a little reminder. You shouldn't mess with the kid. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, kept him busy. And I just, yeah, I kept him busy. I went like this. As I was bending his elbow the wrong way against my body, I went.

Very good. You know what I'm saying? Very good. I didn't break his arm. I said, now you need to go to mass and drink a warm glass of milk. All right?

Trying to give him some life coaching. The great thing about doing any kind of martial arts is you realize how tough you're not. You go into any dojo or a school, especially jujitsu, and you're like, oh, no. I mean, there are people out there that can turn you into a pretzel while talking. Oh, yeah. There are a lot of them. Yeah.

Yeah, I trained in Krav Maga for several years and I tried really hard, Brian. I mean, I really, really tried hard, man. And just some of us just ain't that good. You know what I mean? Yeah, well, I think all of us ain't that good. I think at the end of the day when you're training with this stuff, I watched a guy get pepper sprayed. And let me tell you, the great neutralizer is once somebody shoots pepper,

pepper into your eye and all your black belts and all your kicking and punching and wrestling goes right out the window as you're crawling around snotting from your nose and making weird buffalo noises. So you know what? If you want to be a tough guy, carry pepper spray and a whistle. Yes. My buddy, and I talk about this on stage, but my buddy literally carries a knife. I look at it, he's got a knife.

I mean, a sheath knife with a metallic sheath and like a curved grip by indentations for your fingers. I look at him, I go, what the hell is that for? And he goes, in case there's a situation, I got to open somebody up. I was like, open them up? And he goes, yeah, this thing will unzip you right quick. The thing looked like a witch's nose. The blade was horrified, right? So I look at him and I'm like...

Oh, unzip somebody. I was like, you sell software. How many situations do you have? So are we looking at that out?

Are we looking at your new abode now? It's my new abode. You're looking actually at the West Wing. I have different wings in my home. It has a freshly moved in sort of look. I know. The staff, I'm really angry at the staff. They haven't really done their job. There's so many things I have. So what brought you to Austin? Why'd you move there? You know, I shot my special. My fifth special.

at the mothership, Joe Rogan's Club. And as you know, I come from Joe Rogan's rib. Yes. So I shot my special there. It went great. The energy and the electricity in Austin is so unbelievable when you're a comic. And it's dead in Los Angeles. And I've been doing the Los Angeles thing for way too long. And he looked at me and said, what are you doing there? Like the whole thing is here.

And I just looked at my wife. I said, let's, you know, look at what we can get in Austin. You know, in my neighborhood in Los Angeles, if you walk around and you have $3 million for a house, they look at you like you're a pauper. We know. We know. We were out there for an event, and it was a couple years ago. And we've told this story many times on the air. And we're driving by. The Uber driver, however, is taking us by what appears to be just basic parking.

you know, ranch homes. We're figuring what? $400,000 range, whatever. Millions. Millions. Millions. Millions. And now with the fires, the fires were the last straw for me. The mismanagement of that state, the fires were really the last straw. I felt like after 30 years in Los Angeles and it's been a good home, but it's just, there's a limit, you know, when you get taxed like that, when you sell

Nothing for your tax dollars. I have so many friends who lost their homes. And I was like, I'm out. I'm out. Were you close? Were you close to anything? I wasn't. I wasn't. But, you know, for the story, I was. For the story, I was out there with a bucket. And I had my shirt off. I had to shave my body down because hair is flammable. Oh, you oiled up your chest. Yeah, you got to oil your chest when you're firefighting. It's technical. I don't want to go into it. You're a hero.

Well, I don't like using that word again. That's the media. They call me the Hiroshita man. And that's stupid. But I train with buckets of water. I train when I studied Kung Fu. You guys know that. Oh, we sure know. So, you know, it's interesting. And I was reading an interview with you talking about this and doing your special at the Mothership.

And of all the things you've done, many, many podcasts, and continue to do many podcasts and so on and so forth, and we've said this many times to many people who are comedians at multiple things, the comedy, the stand-up comedy is the purest thing for all of them. And that seems to hold true for you as well.

Yeah, man, I just shot a commercial and I remember how much I hate acting and I hate to be I'm not trying to be, you know, but ungrateful because anytime you get a job, it's an amazing thing. Right. I'm not like Snow White. I'm not like Rachel's Vegler. Yeah. Seems to think that that

That story that was written in 1937, that she's bigger than that story, but whatever. So I'm always happy. But yeah, man, stand up is like it's the greatest because I can express myself. I write it. It's up to me to figure out how I'm feeling, what I want to say. I put the things that bother me into it.

Right. And you can do it with humor. You can actually you can actually maybe maybe as I'm getting older, attempt to not teach anybody anything, but get people to think a little bit differently, maybe shift their their psychic paradigms.

But you do that with humor. And in that sense, if I feel I'm doing that a little bit, lending myself to the great debate in a good way, I'll take it. There you go. Yeah. Hey, Brian, we got to wrap here in just a second. But I only bring this up because there are a number of texts coming in and your voice sounds a little bit different. Are you wearing Invisalign on your teeth there? Listen, those guys, your listeners are mean. They know I wear Invisalign.

They know that my teeth are not naturally this perfect, this straight. I do have straight teeth and a crooked smile, but I'm just outraged. And the fact that I'm not...

I am not wearing my Invisalign. My one little smackle tooth seems to be kind of like making a break for it. So I got to get... So thank you for the reminder. No, when we came to you initially, we thought we were talking to Jewel. But... You know, it's funny too because when I croon, when I croon, people always say, is that Jewel? Uh,

With just more soda in her voice. And I'm like, nope, just in touch with my feminine side, guys. Right? By the way, just so you guys know, not to brag, I've been holding a horse stance this whole time. Oh, wow. My legs are on fire. Yeah, my legs are on fire, but you would never know. What are you doing? Kung fu, man. Kung fu? Yeah. That's not how you say it. Kung fu. Kung fu. Respect the line.

the language guy. It's like football. All right. Well, listen, Brian is, like I said, at Helium. There are shows Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. They will sell out, by the way, so you got to get those now. I think Saturday's already sold out for a show. Okay, heliumcomedy.com, but that's Sunday night at 7 show. That's a rarity, so you got to get those tickets. And it's been a while, so go get your calendar on. Yes. Yeah, I wish you guys would come out one day. We would make merry. I'll make you laugh. Absolutely. We got to do it. All right, buddy, good to check in with you. Thanks so much for coming on. See you.

Keep the faith, fellas. You're good men. We'll talk to you soon. Brian Callen, Helium Comedy Club. He cracks me the hell up. Yeah, so people were texting and you could hear a little bit of a... I thought he was wearing Invisalign.

Not if it's a line-out. Crest white strips or something like that. Crest white strips. He was still watching. He was still watching. He was smiling. Nick, do you remember you wore that for a short amount of time? Oh, he's still on. And we'd be cracking up at you, and you didn't like that much. It wasn't that. It was I had my teeth filed down because these are caps, and I had to have my old...

Retainer? No, no, no. Oh, it's actual teeth, right? Yeah. There was a cap on top of it that I had when I was fourth grade. How much time do we have? We got about 15 seconds. When I was in fourth grade, I fell down and I chipped my front right tooth and it never got capped or put veneers on properly. So I...

In order to do that properly, they had to grind down the old one. Can you stop using those words? Yeah, grind it down. And so what they did, Kathy, was that they took this drill, right? And they applied it to the enamel and wore it down. And then I had to wear something to protect it after that. Okay.

Okay. So that was what that was. If you wear them regularly, right? The way you're supposed to, eventually your speech goes back to normal. It's the initial wear of them that you have to get used to. He must have just started doing it. No, he said he didn't even have them in.

him in. I thought he had a white strip or something like that. Do you know what happens? What happens is you correct back. As you said, Kathy, you learn how to... I have you all beat. I mean, I'm the only one that's had a tooth fall out on the air, right? Well, not on the air. From a straw. Yeah. Yeah.

It's funny we're talking about this because I was consulting with this prostodontist. His name is Dr. Bentz. Is that someone who sells it on the street corner? No, no. That's a prostitute. Oh, I'm sorry. But he's a prostodontist. So we're in the early stages of... Because my tooth fell out during Camp Out for Hunger, if you recall. That's right. I was biting into something really hard, a roll.

One of your back teeth? It was my far back left tooth. And this is the one that's still bothering you? It's still bothering me right now. We were talking about it over the weekend up in Camelback. Yeah, so I'm actually... I'm talking about possibly getting...

Invisalign because I got this horrible snaggle here. And now that all these teeth fell out of the back of my mouth, I now have room there for my teeth to actually move back into place. I had no idea that this back tooth is actually a wisdom tooth. I always thought I had my wisdom teeth taken out.

Wow. I have not had my wisdom teeth out. Neither have I. I never. That's why I'm so wise. I was supposed to. I've shared this with you guys before. Mine never formed. I never had wisdom teeth, so I never had to have them removed. They never just, my jaw was empty of wisdom teeth. Dumbass. I know. Clearly. Why have they never marketed like, like Obviline? Obviline. Yeah, yeah. Big, huge, flash. Like you look like a boxer. Right? I got my Obviline then.

But I'm looking at like three implants. I don't even know how that works. They drill that crap into your jawbone? They do it rectally. Oh, no. Well, that's okay. It seems the most protracted way to do it. You got to come in from the rear. I don't know. So shout out to my dentist, Dr. Atul. I think they do, Casey. State of the art, Casey. I've never had issues with...

I don't think you have anything to worry about. Pain mitigation is an amazing thing these days. Right now, I just need something because I'm so tired of... I'm just chewing on the right side of my mouth and it sucks. Do you pull to the left a little bit? You think when you're chewing? Is your jaw off position? Possibly. I don't know. But I'm just... When you want the full...

Robust chew. That was a good chew. You need your whole mouth. Do you have a ton of money in your bank account? Because that's what it's going to take for the implants. I know. But like, what are my choices? No, I know. Well, listen, we could go on and on, but we got to take a break because we do have another guest that's coming up here in a moment. So we will take a quick break. Come back in a second. Our friend Tom Papa is on the show to tell me how to make sourdough bread. It's a baking lesson. It's a baking segment. We'll get to it in a moment. And Kathy has questions. I got to talk to him. We'll be back in a moment. Stay with us.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. We are scheduled to have Tom Papa on the show right now, but he hasn't checked in yet. I found out what the story was. What's up? He was arrested by Homeland Security. Oh, my God. Yeah, that was. That was Anthony. That was Anthony. Poisoned.

I thought I knew that guy. He seems like the most benevolent, nice guy, sourdough, all this stuff. And it all started with that last special. He went a little dark. He went a little dark. And then before you know it, he's on the dark web. All right, we'll find out what's up. He's using Casey's social security number. Oh, man. But Nick, was there also supposed to be another...

Yeah, there was. There is. There is. And it was brought in by our friend who was just in the studio and she wants to remain anonymous. Do we wait until we have Tom on or do we just... Well, it's Tom adjacent, so it's up to you, Preston. No, go ahead. He's not going to get out of jail for quite a while. I know. It's just for him. So this, our friend who was just here, she's been making sourdough bread since the pandemic and...

And she's very proud of it. And she wanted us to sample some of it when we had Tom on. Oh, wow. So she brought it in. It's got some weight to it. She wants to remain anonymous to her friend we've known for a long, long, long time. I had no idea she had done this. Yeah, and she's very proud of her recipe. And Preston, for you, she actually included some instructions. All right. Oh, you can trust she's got the chops. She certainly does. And so, Steve...

She wanted to see if Tom would approve of what her approach has been because she's done it from the starter kit, from the, what do you call the thing that they mailed you? The starter. The starter, yeah. Let's just call her Casey Anthony. She mastered it during the pandemic, right? Yeah, she started it five years ago and she's been really making them ever since. Wow. Why does Fish want to remain anonymous? Casey, why'd you do that? I mean, it doesn't really... I'll dump out on that. Okay. So anyway, are we going to sample some of it or do you have a knife or are we just ripping it apart?

I can actually... God! Is it dense? Dear God, is this dense! It's heavy. Before I... Kathy, feel this. You will not believe this. All right.

Oh, wow, yeah. Yeah, right? Now put it between your thighs and try to crush it. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. That is heavy. That thing weighs like five pounds. So, yeah. Yeah, yeah. That's a good sourdough. It's weird. You can tell by weight. Yeah. Yeah. Very nice. I never think of sourdough as very dense. Yeah, right. I think of it as kind of light. I think of me as dense. Yeah. I'm going to shop with this thing. All right. So what? Am I just... Yeah, break it. Let's eat. Are we just tearing at it? Yeah. Hunk off a piece. Okay. I'll try.

I'll try a little bit here. A slice or just a chunka? A sliver slice of honka. You don't know the cheese commercial? Honka, cheese. It was a promo that used to run on Saturday morning cartoons. You take the first taste since you'll be... Time for timer. Okay. Are you going to eat? It is dense. For the nameless entity, I will try it. Does it?

I'm used to lighter, fluffier food. Well, I guess when you make a bowl of it, though, when you do the... It's like a soup bowl. It does need to be solid. It does need to be. It can't be wispy and white. I'm going to pull off the side that your grimy hands weren't. She calls it... She knows how to build a man up. High-hydration sourdough bread, and here's the recipe press. Okay. All right. What do you think?

I'm going to say it's the kind of bread that I think would really benefit from. I like this. This would be a good soup bread. Yeah, soup bread. This would be a good, honestly, a good humping bread. That'd be a good dipping bread. A good dipping bread.

Yeah, like, you know, I use pumpernickel to dip into, like, spinach chip or something like that. Like a nice oil and a little bit of pepper. That'll work, too. Yeah. A little parm in there. A little bit of possum blood. Well, thank you, Anonymous Baker. Who will remain nameless. And friend of ours for a long, long time. That's really cool. All right, I'll check this recipe out. All right. And maybe take a crack at it. But it is, it's involved. And I got a number of people that texted me when we brought up the...

mystery package from tom boppa sorry and uh they were telling us uh the the text that i got uh were recommending uh people that i could talk to locally uh about making sourdough we have you know honestly um that like do classes and things i've been telling you that panaris i in my estimation has been on a on a swing back i i they just fell off my radar a little bit but

But their sourdough bread is fantastic. I agree. Yeah. Yep. I absolutely agree. Oh, I got this, by the way. A hanker for a hunk of a slab or slice of chunk of a snicker. He is a winner and yet won't spoil my dinner. A hanker for a hunk of cheese. Yeah.

There it is. That was written by Paul McCartney. That would run on ABC on Saturday mornings. And you know what else my favorite from that was? After these messages, we'll be right back.

Talk about the joining of music with things you need to remember. Absolutely. Like the conjunction or Schoolhouse Rock. That's why to this day, those of us who grew up with those

like our adverbs and our... I refer to... Conjunctions. When coming up with adjectives, I think about the adjective song and mainly the English stuff because I had a hard time remembering all that. So using those songs would actually help tremendously. All right. Well, listen, speaking of learning things...

I think since Tom has been MIA for the last few minutes, we should go to the Just Saying Institute and learn a thing or two because we do have time there. The Just Saying Institute, home of the anonymous sourdough delivery system.

Anonymous Sourdough. I just had to rip that one. Oh, that's a good name for a band, too. I have to write that down. Anonymous Sourdough Delivery System. So, I saw this article, and I get some great stuff from this website I mentioned from timeandtimefark.com, and the submitters will have a post that will give you a brief idea about what the article is about that you're going to click on, and this one says, you've been sneezing wrong. Oh.

And so I'm like, okay, what is this? And it is an article about how to train yourself to sneeze more quietly. What? No. I've heard that people can cause physical damage. They can, on occasion. By suppressing. Like, I know a guy. Yeah. I used to when you guys called me out on it.

So at a certain point, there's no stopping a sneeze, but with conscious effort, we can control how loud it is. This is according to J.F. Piccirillo, who is a professor of otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He said there are things that people can do to decrease the volume of the sneeze. Now,

Sneeze control involves regulating your breathing the moment you feel a sneeze coming as well as relaxing your vocal cords. Now, the question is, why do we sneeze? Well, the sneeze is a mechanism for our bodies to protect the airway particles and fumes like pollen and smoke and irritate the inside of those and trigger the sneeze. A signal shoots from the nose through the nervous system via the brainstem, which commands the chest to expand, the throat to open, and the lungs to suddenly fill with air. There are other less common reasons that people sneeze too,

And you've heard of people who sneeze when they see bright light. That's called photic sneeze. So that is me. When I go out into the sun or I can use a light to sneeze, when I go out today, I'll sneeze twice in the parking lot. So if I sneeze a third time, one of my testicles will deflate. It's also known as Achoo syndrome. Achoo syndrome. And some researchers believe that it runs in families.

Richard Harvey, a nose and sinus specialist, said photic sneezing is thought to be crosstalk in the branches of the nerve connected to the eyes and nose. And here's another thing. Sneezing can be triggered by plucking your eyebrows as well. I've heard that. When I pluck my nose hairs, I sneeze. Yeah, but not eyebrows. Not my eyebrows.

When you clip off dingleberries, do you sneeze? I just yank those out so I don't sneeze. It's funny how those things are wired, though. But I think in all of that, it does make sense. So the connection with the light, and I actually can literally feel a tingle in my nose that makes me, if I need to force a sneeze, I will stare up into this light right here, and it will work. Casey, by the way, when I was saying eyebrows, I had to resist from saying eyebrows. All right.

What was the one yesterday? I don't remember. Castile Chiron. Castile Chiron instead of Cast Iron Kyle. So some people sneeze because of a full stomach. And there are even reports of sneezes associated with sexual thoughts, though researchers say they don't know why. So there are reasons why you can sneeze that are besides just irritants in your nose. I've heard people have quasi-irritants.

like responses to a sneeze. Some do, yeah. So why are some sneezes so loud? Well, once the lungs are filled with air, the vocal cords close, building pressure in the lungs. Next, the diaphragm and abdominal muscles push air out of the lungs and the vocal cords open. The eyes involuntarily close. So that's what happens when you sneeze.

Then a gust of air launches through the airway, making a turbulent whoosh sound, and a sneeze can fly out of the body at 100 miles per hour. The vocal cords, the two bands of tissue at the Adam's apple, vibrate and make a sound when they're close together as air rushes by. It's like the reed of a saxophone, meaning they vibrate to produce a sound. A loud sneeze engages the same vocal process as singing a musical note or talking. Okay.

That was laughing. Laughing and yawning. People with smaller or more constructed nasal or oral passageways typically produce a higher pitched or sharper sneeze versus those with larger passageways that tend to resonate more. And there are also...

cultural norms as well. A thunderous sneeze is a learned behavior. You hardly ever hear anybody sneezing boisterously in Japan. It is frowned upon to create such a loud noise to bother people in public. They're required to commit ritual suicide if they sneeze too loudly. No, but they've learned to not sneeze too loud. Yeah, I don't like... I've been...

I think anybody would try to bring the volume down when you're in public. You try to... You think, right? Not everybody. Have you ever been around someone who's in public who lets you rip? Really? Oh, my God. Really? One of the loudest sneezes I ever heard was at Jim Steaks on South Street. His woman was sitting at one of the counters, and I thought someone was in pain. I thought someone had gotten hurt because the way she sneezed, she was a larger woman. It was like this. It was...

It was like that. It was like a scream. And I heard it and I turned around and I saw her sneeze. Cover the face? Cover the nose? No, no. Bella Lugosi into your elbow? She just screamed.

I would never in a million years do that in public. However, if I'm at home, it's sort of become like, Jace will just hear me in the other room and he's like, that's not real. You're doing it on purpose. But like, I will, I'll let it out. I'm a little exaggerated now just because I know it annoys him. I do it as well. I love to amp it. Yeah, why not? But I will like,

let it out if I'm at home. I would, again, never do that in public. That woman would have grossed me out. The article goes on, I won't go into detail, but it says how a large, loud sneeze can be kind of satisfying to the person who does it. I find it when... Listen, a lot of times for me, if I've been having...

When you have a nasal condition or a little bit of congestion or just pressure to sneeze helps alleviate that. Like I have a little bit of a sinus thing going on. If I have to sneeze throughout the morning, I'm going to give it to you the way I would do it at home. I'm not going to spray my germs all over you, but I will, unless we're like in an interview or something. Okay. Yeah. So I'm just saying like late this morning, if I have to sneeze at some point, I'm going to. Okay. You let it rip. Yeah. So I heard you sneeze this morning. Yeah. That was like normal. Okay. That didn't sound.

Strike me as abnormal. Did you amp up or did you over goose that fart? Come on, will you knock it off? So anyhow, while it's fine to muffle a sneeze, experts warn don't hold the sneeze in altogether. It's important to allow the pressure in your lungs to escape. In rare cases, like you're saying, Steve, the pressure of a stifled sneeze has led to hearing loss or a hole in the throat. Oh, wow. So how do you sneeze quietly? Here are the steps you take.

You exhale. So the more air in the lungs, the louder it might be, according to Piccirillo. So if possible, when you feel a sneeze coming on...

Exhale before you sneeze. Sometimes it just overtakes you. You don't have that option. But if you're working a little bit... And I feel like before you sneeze, you're like breathing in a bit. Yes. But it says, if possible, exhale before your sneeze bursts forth to release some of the pressure in the lungs and bleed the balloon, so to speak. Bleed the balloon. But by the way, if you do have the sneeze coming on and it feels inevitable...

and something causes it to not happen, it's very disappointing. Oh, so annoying. Yeah, blue nose. It's annoying. Yeah, blue nose. Blue nose. It's blue nose. He's exactly right. It's very frustrating. Now, this part I don't get. Okay, so I read this. I tried to figure this out. It says, keep your mouth closed. Hold your tongue to the roof of your mouth and direct the air pressure through your nose. You blow your teeth out. Rather than your mouth. Yeah, yeah.

And then you're supposed to, one more time. Relax your vocal cords. It says, imagine, now this might work. Imagine you're letting out a deep sigh. And the pronounced ooh at the end of achoo is due to vibrating vocal cords and an open mouth. Achoo.

And it says if that's not possible, then it says you do the Dracula. You do your elbow thing. That stuff doesn't make much sense to me. It doesn't make much sense. Do you find more in general a pleasure if you have a satisfying sneeze or a satisfying yawn? Sneeze. Sneeze. Okay. Satisfying sneeze or satisfying fart?

If you are gassy and you've got that bubble gut, fart. Yeah, I would agree. Fart. Fart. I don't know, man. A good yawn with a stretch is really good. A good yawn and stretch at the same time. It is good. With a fart? Yeah. You've got the troika. You're winning in life. But that's a different kind of relief. Sometimes Chuck, our boss, will yell at the end of a yawn and it scares the absolute hell out of me. Give us an example. He'll be like...

Like that? And he does it in the car. I know what you mean. Does he do that on purpose to bother you or does it feel good to him? I think it feels good to him. Is he afraid of monsters? Aren't we all? Aren't we all though?

I'll have to have him do it for you guys because it's so high-pitched. You know how Steve can get that really, really high pitch? It's like, yeah. Okay. Wow, that'd be really loud. All right. Well, they don't recommend... They recommend trying to sneeze quieter if possible. I don't know if you got anything out of that or not, but it was doctors. It's in the JSI. Well, we did some useful information. A lot of people, I think, really work to completely suppress the sneeze, and that's not good for you. Yeah. All right. Here's another thing, and this one...

This one has to do with astronomy, and I think Kathy might actually find this interesting. All right, so this is really, really cool. For the first time in nearly a century, Earth's night sky may soon be lit up by one of nature's rarest celestial events, and that is a nova visible to the unaided eye, visible to the naked eye. So are we talking, so the delineation between a nova and a supernova? This is a nova, not a supernova.

So is this... Ripple off. Is it just one bright star? Well, I'll explain. So at the heart of the cosmic countdown is the blaze star, or T. Corona Borealis, a binary star system that's in the arc of the northern crown, which is a constellation. Is it the T. Corona you said? No, it's the... I lost it. The T. Corona Borealis. Okay.

After decades of quiet buildup, astronomers believe it could happen any night now. So if it does, stargazers around the world could witness a new star, quote unquote new star, suddenly appearing where darkness reigned the night before. And while the exact date is uncertain, a recent analysis from astrophysicist Gene Schneider at the Paris Observatory suggests a possible eruption on March 27th.

which is tomorrow or potentially later this year. Also, well, later this year. So just stay outside all night, every night. So the blaze star isn't a single object, but a binary system, a compact white dwarf orbiting a bloated red giant.

As the red giant loses mass, the white dwarf greedily siphons it off, and eventually the stolen material reaches a tipping point, triggering a runaway thermonuclear explosion on the surface of the white dwarf, which is a classic nova. Unlike supernova...

where the star itself is destroyed, nova are recurring events. In fact, the blaze star is one of only a handful of recurring nova in the Milky Way. And its past outburst occurred in 1866 and 1946, exactly 80 years apart. And now more than 78 years after the last eruption...

All eyes are on the sky. While 2026 would technically complete the 80-year cycle, things aren't that simple. In the months leading up to the 1946 eruption, astronomers observed distinctive brightening and dimming patterns, an optical drumroll, per se, that preceded the blast. And in recent years, similar activity has been observed, prompting some researchers to predict that Nova could arrive early. So I'm basically familiar, but what would we...

What would we perceive? Simply an additional light in the sky? Yeah. Or would the sky appear to be on fire? No, no, no, no. Would blood come out of our eyes? No. Would we experience stigmata? You would not experience stigmata. Well, I can't tell you definitively yes or no on that. I am the chosen one. These predictions are notoriously difficult. But they...

They said it's not a question of if, but when. So for now, T. coronaborealis is invisible in the naked eye, normally shining at a magnitude 10, which is actually kind of low. But during the eruption, it's expected to jump to a magnitude 2, becoming one of the brightest stars in that part of the sky. There should be a system, a global system set in place for, out of every available speaker...

to play Eruption by Van Halen when that occurs. When that happens. That's a great idea. And here's what's really awesome and tweaks your melon whenever you think about this. It's mind-bending to realize this cosmic explosion already happened. The blaze star is located 3,000 light years away, meaning that the light from its next eruption left the star around 1,000 B.C. Isn't that... During the height of the Bronze Age on Earth.

Wow!

Wow, wow, wow. And by the time it reaches us, the blast will appear to unfold in real time. Its brightness surging over a few hours before slowly fading over several days. So there will be a window where you'll be able to see it for a little while. That light will be completely unaware of Tiger King. Totally. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There may never be another opportunity to see a nova in action. Astronomers have warned that once it begins, it will be visible only for a few days. That means catching it depends on timing, location, and a bit of luck with the weather. But...

binoculars will enhance the view they're not required but anyone in the northern hemisphere with a clear view of the night sky will be able to see this is um andrea's been doing a lot of um photography concerning celestial stuff uh is she aware of this is she planning on no i'll forward this article to her um i just read a really cool article about uh night skies in uh western texas there's a national park there called big ben national park uh it's along the rio grande and it's one of the best dark skies uh

places to visit in the country, Steve. I'll send you the article if you like. And if you look at a satellite map of Texas, the entire western half of the state is dark and so they've set aside all this area for dark skies specifically, but you can go to that national park and take these night sky photography classes and stuff. It looks really cool. It's a reason to visit, but it's like, it's

nine or ten hours from the closest city. Like, if you fly to San Antonio, it's a nine-hour drive. So it's a hard place to get to, and hence the dark skies. It's funny, though, because you talk about, you know, a pitch-black area to see what the sky looks like is amazing. Yet a lot of times we get, we believe that what we're seeing through these super high-tech telescopes and the satellite telescopes, that that's what you would see were you in space. And many times that is a composite image

of many images to kind of give you an idea of what you're looking at. Yeah. But you may not see it that way if you were in space and you'd be dying. Hey, Nick, stupid question for you. The moon phases, are they the same all over the world? Right? So like if we're experiencing full moon right here in Philadelphia, are they also experiencing full moon here?

California, in Asia. Yeah, I mean, it's probably like a slight difference if you're a few thousand miles away. So if you're on like the opposite side of the earth, it might be, I mean, like north to south. But not Tennessee. Sorry, Tennessee. Tennessee, right, yeah.

Because the moon's not licensed in that state. It does no bizarre license denouncement. Well, anyhow, it might be happening any day now, which would be pretty interesting. I wonder what Derek Pitts thinks about that over at the Franklin Institute. Probably jumping around like a lunatic. All right, there's another story, and I put this in the Just Sayin' Institute. They're working on this. I mean, it's not technically a jump forward in medical advancement, but I thought this was kind of interesting. It's becoming more popular, but...

Beard transplants have become more popular since the pandemic provided some with some extra time and maybe disposable income if they have. Okay, I would like a beard implant. Transplant? A transplant. So would you like it all in one piece or just separate follicles put in? No, no. Well, I don't know. I got to find out how they do it. But I don't like my beard line. I like where my cheeks are. Oh. It's not full enough. I want more. Oh, you want more? I want more. I'm...

rocking the neck beard like nobody's business. I want a Brett Goldstein beard, Casey. I want a full beard like that. No kidding. And I don't have it either. And I have a soft spot right in the middle of my chin that I can't stand. It's annoying. If I could be like Brett, I'd be happy. See, I shrink mine down. I shave down to get lines.

Chin line. Down a little bit closer to the jawline. But you know who has too high of the hair? It's Keanu Reeves. Yeah. Like it's almost up to his eyes, you know? That's pretty wild. I forget the senator's name. The senator who has...

He was just kicked out during the presidential address. Oh, yeah. It's like up to his little, like it makes more than a can of wreaths up to the bottom of his eyeball. Like it's crazy. That seems like it would be distracting. Like you would look down and see that. There's an Ewok. Oh, no. So beard transplants have become popular, like I said, originally intended for trauma victims. People.

People now want to produce, they want the procedure done because they really want a beard. And influenced by the rising trend of beards among celebrities and the public, it's become more popular. Is there a need for emergency beards?

Get this patient a beard. It says trauma victims, but... Oh, yeah. So somebody's maybe had a facial burn or something of that nature. Yes, exactly. It's a great idea. Some clinics have reported that the demand for the procedure has tripled since 2020. However, the industry remains largely unregulated, sometimes leading to botched beard transplants. So, Kathy, not that you're in the market for one, but of the beards in this studio, which would you pick if you could have...

A beard on your face. None of them. None of them. You have to pick one. No. Do it! You're all gross. And by the way, for people who don't, you can hire Kathy for a motivational speaker. I will say Preston keeps his the most groomed. You're all gross. There you go.

I only shave it once a week. My facial hair grows very slow. That should be your automated email reply. You're all gross. I had a beard for a little bit in maybe junior in high school. And the guy who played Hercules, not Kevin Sorbo, but Steve Reeves, exactly his kind of beard. But I never went back because I decided I don't like facial hair. And I don't like head hair.

And I don't like any hair. But for a week while, it came in pretty nicely. There was a great video that Casey and I saw a while back. It was a TikTok or Instagram, and it was a guy deciding. And it was a song, actually. Do I go with the beard and look old, or do I shave and look fat? Yeah. You got your choice. At a certain age.

The beard will either make you look older or the lack of beard will make you look fatter. Or worse. He goes, I think that was the line. You know, beard and look old or no beard and look worse. And look worse. Okay, there you go. Thank you. That's better.

We, because of the Zoom way we've been operating for a while, a lot of our listeners have rocking full beards, like all different kinds. Yeah. I could never do the big bushy beard. I wouldn't like that. During the pandemic, I decided, okay, things are a little bit different. I'll just, yeah, I'll grow my facial hair out. And I grew out to some extent. I looked at myself. I'm like, you look terrible.

It's like with David Letterman. I don't think the big, bushy beard compliments him. I think that he should go with a little more trim. I think he looks good with a beard, but it's too big. Michael Stein did the same thing. What is that for? Is that to keep people away? Maybe. Again, you would think on a sanitary level, and we've had stories about this, that it's not good for you.

Yeah, you can get all kinds of stuff in there. Bugs and ragweed. Bugs and ragweed.

Mold and mold. Who knows what else? Possums. All right. So beard transplants are on the rise. Here's another story from Just Saying Institute. This is very, very interesting. I got this from an article on Vox. Dylan Scott was the author. And he said, if you have any say, you might want to avoid scheduling your next surgery on a Friday. Why? The most comprehensive analysis of what happens to patients who...

who have surgery on Fridays versus Mondays, was published this month in JMA by more than a dozen U.S. and Canadian researchers. And he said it's unequivocal. I know two things. Hold on. It's unequivocal. The people who underwent all kinds of procedures before the weekend suffered, on average, more short-term, mid-term, and long-term complications than people who went under the knife twice.

After the weekend was over. It's because it's Hawaiian shirt day. Wait, so is that, are we blaming the patient? No, the surgeons. Are the surgeons just like us? They want to get the hell out of there on Friday? Also, you're tired at the end of the week. It could be a little bit of the barn door thing. It could be, but yeah, I would think you're getting someone fresh off the weekend at the beginning of the week.

And just the wear and tear of the week would stand to reason, statistically, it would start to take its toll, right? So, well, kind of. So the study included more than 450,000 patients who received one of the 25 most common surgeries between 2007 and 2019. Previous studies have generally found the same effects across different types of health systems. One UK-based study have reported better outcomes for Monday surgeries after 30 days. A paper looking at Dutch patients reported

detected higher mortality rates after one month for patients who had Friday surgeries compared to Monday. This appears to be a phenomenon no matter the country, as prior U.S.-based research also attests. So you're saying globally, everybody's working for the weekend? Yeah! All around the world. All around the world. Surgery!

So the new study covered all surgery specialties, including orthopedic surgery, vascular surgery, and obstetrics, and followed patients' outcomes at 30 days, 90 days, and one year. The study tracked whether patients died or readmitted to the hospital or experienced any other complications, like an infection, for example, during their hospital stay. People who received pre-weekend surgeries.

defined as Friday or a Thursday before a long weekend, were overall about 5% more likely to experience one of the complications within a year of their surgery than people who got post-weekend procedures, which is on Monday or Tuesday after the long weekend. The effect was stronger for heart and vascular surgeries. It was negligible for obstetric and plastic surgeries. There could be a few things going on here according to the researchers' analysis. So here we go.

Researchers found Friday surgeries were more likely to be performed by junior surgeons when compared to Monday surgeries. So the surgeon's kids. Yeah, they have the kids come in and do it. You take care of this junior. So this difference in expertise may play a role in the observed differences in outcomes they wrote. Well, I guess. They're also correct.

There could also be fewer senior colleagues on the hospital campus for the junior physicians to consult with. In addition... Dad fell off. I don't know what to do. In addition, the weekend doctors and nurses may be less familiar with the patient's cases, raising the risk that complications will be caught later and therefore lead to worse outcomes. Well, those are all problematic variables. Those are all things that would stand to reason. So, yeah.

There's always at a certain point, I mean, you know, you have to have your training period. You have to have your young staff working their way up and they have to be working on patients. It's part of the deal. So obviously the thing that this would suggest is if you can get surgery earlier out of the week. It is common for hospitals to have fewer doctors and nurses working the weekends. And those who do work tend to be less experienced, which could likewise help explain the study's findings.

What's interesting is, you know, when you go for a surgery, I always thought that, you know, you meet with the surgeon who is going to be doing that work. Whatever, I've had it. Yeah.

And sometimes I ask to meet with other people's surgeons just to talk. Yeah. It's not like showing up to a haircut or anything. Just, you know, whoever is available. Well, I think like maybe they're still... It's like a brothel where the surgeons line up you. Yeah. Well, they're still heading the surgery. So if somebody else is actually doing it, like whoever you met with, my guess is it's still in the room. Well, the surgeon, yeah, when I had... Not according to this. I mean, well, maybe it's a different scenario, but...

It may not be the surgeon, but it will be a puppet that looks like the surgeon. Oh, well, that's close enough. So the finding, it says here, it's coming for hospital. Oh, I already said that part. The findings should motivate hospital executives to rethink how they are staffing their wards on Fridays and over the weekend to avoid complications that put surgery patients in danger. So if they give you the option, they go, you want the newbie or they want the seasoned surgeon? Yeah, right. Yeah, I think I'll take the seasoned surgeon.

Okay. Let's go to another one. We got some time, right? Yeah. One more. One more. One more? Boy, tell me if this reminds you of a show you've seen.

New cases of dangerous drug-resistant fungus have been identified in at least two states' hospital systems. It's called Candida Aureus, also called C. Aureus, was first identified in the U.S. in 2016. And since then, the number of cases have increased every year, jumping substantially in 2023. So this last of us is what you're talking about. And the...

I'd seen this article, this information come out, and Preston, I went back and watched. In the beginning of the first episode of The Last of Us, there is a guy who explains the ramifications of fungus being able to make this jump to humans. And it is an incredibly chilling three or four minutes of video. Recently, cases have proliferated in Georgia.

And a study published this week, which focused on the Jackson Health System in Miami, also found cases of the fungus have rapidly increased. So the CDC has called Candida auras an urgent disease.

Antimicrobial resistance threat because it's resistant to antifungal drugs, making it hard to treat an infection once it occurs. Melissa Nolan, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of South Carolina, said if you get infected with this pathogen that's resistant to any treatment, there's no treatment that we can give you to help combat it. You are all on your own.

uh people with a healthy immune system may be able to fight off the infection on their own but candida rs mainly spreads in health care settings where people are sick and vulnerable so people with catheters breathing tubes feeding tubes and picc lines are at the highest risk because the pathogen can enter the body through these types of devices steve that scene in uh the the opening scene in last of us to me that's

Honestly, the scariest scene in the whole series because it seems like so freaking possible the way that he describes it. And it's like a preview to this story that Preston has right now. Flash forward six months from now when we're all zombies. If you're not aware, what happened is that at least in the insect world, it will overtake the creature that it is predating upon and –

And cause it to basically be a vehicle that it uses. Yeah, like a zombie. Like they control it. They control the carcass of this animal. They feed on it first. And then they can move it around. Well, I mean, I guess they don't technically kill it. No. They control it. They control it. It's almost like Men in Black. The thing sitting in the guy's head. Yeah, this fungus can control it. And they take it the next step further. Whatever it takes to leap to humankind. And then...

Things get out of control within like a couple of days and the world is not the same anymore. By the way, I'm rewatching it right now. I'm on episode five. It's so good. Cause the next season comes out, I think on the 13th. I'm not sure. A hundred percent sure. I replayed the, uh, the game. Uh, well again, if you've never played the game. Yep. Oh man. So, uh,

Well, when the fungus does infect the patient, it can be hard to identify what's going on. Symptoms are like those of any infection, including fever and chills. Another reason Candida ares is so concerning is because of how well it adapted to surviving on surfaces like countertops, bed rails, and doorknobs. And it's not just hospitals in Georgia and Florida. There are areas that are areas of concern. Candida ares can also be found in all but 12 states.

with a substantial spike between 2022 and 2023. Wow, so that's a freaky thing. I had the clicker sound. Do we have the clicker sounds over there, Case, from Last of Us? I thought I loaded them in. I think Marissa helped me, and I can't find them. I don't even know where to look to tell you the truth. Look under Last of Us. Yeah, I got a whole bunch of clicker sounds. See if it comes that way. For just such a situation.

And it would have been nice. How about this? Close enough. When's the Masters? It's coming up in April. Is it the 11th? Well, I mean, that's the Friday of the Masters, so it should be 10, 11, 12. That weekend, we get the Masters and Season 2 of The Last of Us. How about that? How about that? Two great tastes of taste food together. And the last years of us. We're on vacation. And what? We're on vacation. We're on vacation.

All right. Well, that's all we have time for. That's it. We got to wrap up the Just Sayin' Institute. Interesting stories there. I actually have several more, so we're going to get to that segment again. Well, because Tom Papa. In the very near future. There you go. There you go. There's your clicker, Steve. Scary as hell, isn't it? All right. We are going to take a break. We'll come back in a second. And The Bizarre File is indeed on the way next.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Casey, just show me a video on Instagram. I have to show this guy to you guys. It's Fox 29. Alex Holley put this out. And Mike, Jarek, and Bob Kelly, they're reporting on a...

um like a water main break yeah um and they're showing the video footage i'm gonna hold this phone up to you so you guys can see kathy look over here it ends up turning into this mike stands to where the water coming out of his break looks like it's coming out of his pants that's great that's fantastic

Oh my God. That's so well done. Look, and he's positioning himself so it looks better. And they're pretending to report on what's happening. That's great. I love Mike. And Bob's great too. It's so damn funny. That's great.

That couldn't have happened spontaneously, right? They had to have said, let's do this. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, I mean, well. No, you never know. Mike sees things differently. Yeah, he does. He does. You got to see that. All right. We have Bizarre File stories. We're going to bring them to you now. Now, WMMR presents Kristen and Steve's Bizarre Files.

Brought to you by Helium Comedy Club, bringing Philly the best comics of today and tomorrow. Live every week. Tickets and a lineup at heliumcomedy.com. Let's go with this story out of England. Police are on a manhunt for Britain's most wanted 12-year-old. The preteen on the run is accused of stealing a BMW with what they call...

oversees a holiday caravan or essentially like a trailer pulled behind it, like a sleepaway trailer. A 12-year-old. Yeah, attached to it and took the stolen vehicle on a massive 40-mile joyride. The boy was scheduled to appear in court on Friday after the boy failed to turn up at court. An arrest warrant was issued for the fugitive and police are currently scouring the country for his location. This is off to a bad start. The spokesperson announced the young fugitive is a member of a traveling community and has no permanent address.

The miniature mastermind behind the alleged heist was only 11 years old when he was apprehended by police after reportedly being spotted behind the wheel of a BMW X5, which he could barely see over.

Police caught up to the Beamer and the caravan that he was pulling after they disappeared from a holiday park in Thirsk. They are said to have caught a child once he had reached the London-bound M1 outside of Leeds, and the child fugitive allegedly...

seized the 4x4 in the caravan attached to the car and drove it 40 miles to North Yorkshire. I'm 10 years old, but I'll beat your ass. The caravan the preteen is accused of stealing belonged to Janine Forth, and Janine revealed, "...we arrived at the site just as they had hitched it up..."

And we're driving away with it. If I hadn't been, if it hadn't been for quick thinking and the amazing response from the police, God knows what would have happened. The woman added that the caravan was installed with all of the up-to-date security and added the first thing the boy did, the boy thief did during the heist was wreck the front end to get the tracker out of it.

So this kid. This kid was practiced. Knew what he was doing. Knew what he was doing. And hasn't shown up for his court date. So you say he's part of like a traveling community? Like there's that group, the Traveling Irish. Remember that? Yeah. I don't know what their story is, but they don't have a fixed address. It's an accomplished thief. Mm-hmm.

Well, there's March Madness, and then there's whatever led someone to come up with this idea. A group of men in Georgia now hold the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous basketball game. The 23-man group, ranging from 17 to 64, played a game in the landmark Christian school in Fairburn for 121 hours and 3 minutes. Wow.

They were required to stay in the gym for the duration of the event, even while taking breaks. And the group was made up of members of the Atlanta-based nonprofit Men Opposing Sex Trafficking and set the event up to raise money to help fight sex trafficking and support recovery programs for survivors. So the final score of the game? Yeah.

13,096 to 12,972. What was the spread? I didn't catch the spread. I assume bathrooms and stuff, they had like porta pots and stuff in the gym. Yeah, they just had to stay indoors. So I would imagine they went to the bathrooms, but that's pretty wild, man. That is amazing. So holy reliquaries, including relics of St. Nicholas, who inspired Santa Claus.

How did this person come by them?

So the objects were intercepted in February and June of 2020 after a man bought the reliquaries through eBay for a total of nearly $3,300. Canada border officers screening the courier imports in Winnipeg believe the objects were foreign cultural property that may have violated the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.

Wow.

Bone fragments of St. Nicholas de Myra, who was born in southern Turkey during the 3rd century, was elected Bishop of Myra and dedicated his life to helping those less fortunate, according to the history shared by the Vatican. The recovery of his relics marks the first time that Canada has returned cultural property to Italy through Canada. I'm sorry, although Canada has previously returned cultural property to 14 different countries around the world as part of its promise under the 1970 UNESCO Convention on

according to the federal government. United Airlines has said that it has apologized to a woman who felt humiliated when crew members tried to get her to remove her son's ventilator on a flight this month. Melissa Sotomayor.

in a now viral video that the flight crew on her March 8th trip from Tampa, Florida to Newark, New Jersey tried to make her detach her son from life-saving medical equipment and

and store it so that the plane could take off. Were we there that weekend? No. Was that March 8th? No. Do they not understand the purpose of life-saving equipment? Right. So the message is for United Airlines. She said, the way that you treated my son when we were attempting to fly home was absolutely ridiculous. It's not a Game Boy. Yeah, United said it's contacted Sotomayor to address her concerns and apologize for any frustration she may have experienced. She told NBC Sunday that the airline's apology was not

She said her son, who is medically complex, depends on a ventilator and a tracheotomy tube. The two-year-old was born premature at 22 weeks gestation. And she said that before their flight, she obtained documentation so her son could fly to their destination. They did not encounter problems in the first leg the trip to Tampa. She also said that she shared the documentation with the airline before the trip and that the airline cleared her son's medical equipment with no problem.

But then they ran into issues on the return flight. So the flight attendant informed her that she would need to put the medical equipment under the seat before takeoff. So we're looking at this adorable baby. How would you look at that and not realize that's an essential part of it? I mean, come on. She was then approached by another flight attendant who told her that their seats may have to be moved if she didn't comply. She said she provided the documentation again and told the attendees, the attendants at the airline's accessibility department selected her seats before the trip.

And she said that when the airline contacted her to apologize, representatives said the flight attendants reported that it was a bulkhead seating problem, even though she said they never mentioned that in the moment. They said it was because I was refusing to remove my son from his ventilator and portable oxygen concentrator until takeoff. That's amazing. And you have to remove your penile pump. She said a third flight attendant told her to remove the equipment and said that her son would be OK until we were in the air at a high enough altitude.

Oh, come on. Wow. Does he have to breathe all the time? The captain got involved. He said, he says that I'm being difficult and my son's medical equipment is a danger to other passengers and that I am not following FAA guidelines. So they eventually got it

So she showed her the paperwork to the captain and said they had been medically cleared. It took more than an hour before they flew. And then she contacted United over the whole thing. But that's ridiculous. You could easily look at this child and go, yes, yes.

This is a life-saving device. Not a good PR move. Oh, no. All right, and that's all we have in the bizarre file for you this morning. We will take another break. We'll come back in a second. Lesson question. Trash music news. If you're interested in the lesson question, we have a new text number that you will need to use in order to get on to get our Zoom link. And the new number is 610-660-9333. So jot that down. Put that in your contacts. And then get ready for it. Again, it's 610-660-9333.

We'll be right back. We are getting closer and closer to this year's MMRBQ. Saturday, May 10th at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. A full day of partying with friends, family, and MMR. With eight great bands, including our headliners. Somebody check my brain. Alice in Chains. And Three Days Greats. No one will ever change the set of ORIMBQ.

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Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. This is the boys, Sabotage 93.3 WN tomorrow. Every day on the last quarter after 10. And it's Wednesday morning, the Preston and Steve Show. We're in the late prize this week. Very cool disturbed setup. And this is...

Tickets, premium tickets, meet and greet photo with the band, autographed items, cool laminate and collectibles and all that stuff. Courtesy of Q Prime. We give it away on Friday. And we'll get the next letter coming up at the end of our program not too far from now. In the meantime, we're going to ask our lesson question. And as I've been reminding you all morning long, we have a new lesson.

text number and we're going to take a Zoom winner but in order to Zoom with us you need to text to us here's what you do you text the word Zoom

To the following number, 610-660-9333. Over time, this number will become, you'll get it stuck in your head because I'm going to bang it to death. But you can go ahead and put it in your contacts right now and just get it out of the way and you don't have to worry about that. And I know, I know that there are some issues with people being able to contact us online.

Through this, we will eventually get this worked out and everyone will have a chance to join in. But I know that there are some certain customers that are having a hard time getting through. Thank you for making us aware of that. 610-660-9333. You'll text the word Zoom after I ask the question. But what do you want to say first? 610-660-9333.

660-9333 is our number. I just came up with that. Pretty good, right? That's Silver Belt. That's Silver Belt. It took me a moment. 610-660-9333 is our number. Give us a jingling. It's awesome. All right. Lesson question time.

You got so embarrassed for me for a moment, weren't you? Yeah. It was like American... I was proud of you. American Idol? American Pie? No, American Pie, right? It was like that for me.

610-660-9333. Yeah, 3-3. We'd like to thank Casey for that distraction. I think we all enjoyed that. All right, we're going to give away a pair of tickets as MMR rocks Not Dead Yet, John Cleese and the Holy Grail at 50 on Sunday, October 19th at the Keswick Theater. The question we'll ask you is this. What happens to Kathy's ankle bracelet when she gets too far from home?

It was about 7.35 this morning that was uttered. What happens? What will you hear when Kathy's ankle bracelet gets too far from home? Text that word ZOOM to 610-660-9333 and we'll see if we can get you on to answer the question. And we will do the trash while we are waiting for you to get in contact. The trash business is a goldmine.

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What's going on this morning, Steve? Well, Lily Allen admitting she treated herself to a breast implant glow-up after splitting with husband David Harbour. Allen says she just wanted to perk things up a bit with a pair of 800cc G-Cups. Hey!

Ghost adventure star Aaron Goodwin showing thanks for all the love and support he's getting after cops arrested his estranged wife for attempting to hire a hitman to kill him. Aaron posted on social media, quote, without you guys, I would never have the strength to get back to pretending to see ghosts. Oh, my God. And finally, the L.A. home where O.J. Simpson hid out before his 1994 arrest has been sold for $6 million. The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom Encino estate comes with an outdoor kitchen,

tennis court and a ball of blood-soaked clothing hidden somewhere in the drywall. That's how it would track. Anybody getting through? We do have somebody. I just want to make sure it's still a couple of steps to make this happen now. What happens to Kathy's ankle bracelet when it gets too far from home? That is the question. We are going to check in with Tyler. Good morning, Tyler.

I love you, Kathy. Ain't that sweet? All right, dude, what does her ankle bracelet do when she gets too far from home? Does it get homesick? It does not get homesick. Not homesick at all. All right, sorry, buddy. We got to let you go. So if somebody knows that answer, we will... Case, I'm going to go ahead and just dive into me. Wait, we got another guy. We got Timmy who's joining us. Hey, Timmy. What's up, bud? Hey.

Hey, guys. What happens when she gets too far from home? It beeps. Hang on. What happens when you're under house arrest?

Going to set you up with a pair of tickets as MMR Rocks Not Dead Yet, John Cleese, and the Holy Grail at 50. Sunday, October 19th, at the Keswick Theater. And tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster. For more information, go to WMMR.com. Preston and Steve's Music News on 93.3 WMMR. Yeah! Oh, yeah!

All right, couple of stories to mention in music news this morning for Incubus fans. This is like waiting all year for Christmas and then being told you can't open your presents until New Year's because frontman Brandon Boyd says the band has finished a new album. It's done, but they're not going to release it yet. He says the album was finished over two months ago with all songs mixed and mastered and the artwork is currently in the works.

But why not release it yet? Boyd explained that he's hesitant to release it right now or right away because of how easily music gets lost online these days. Saying that dropping a new album now is like introducing a new star in the sky. It's special but might go unnoticed. Despite his concerns, the band plans to release a single soon.

and aims to put out the full album sometime in October. So we may get new music soon, but the entire release is not going to happen until October. It's so weird how things work now. There used to be an absolute concrete formula to this. The band would release a single, the record would go on sale, the full thing, 12, 13 tracks, however many, and you would get the full complement of it.

But it just simply doesn't work that way anymore. No, no. And it doesn't seem that there's any hard and fast rules to how it goes. And usually it would be single, album, tour. Yeah. That's how it worked. And then follow-up singles. Yeah, along the way, like along the tour, more singles would be released. To keep it going. And it's just, it's a different animal now. So that's the way it works, yeah.

All right, they might be selling their tour bus, but that doesn't mean that Primus isn't going on tour. While their mode of transport is their concern, getting tickets to their newly announced 2025 tour will be your concern. Yesterday, the band announced a 25-date Onward and Upward Summer Tour, which kicks off July 5th in Paso Robles, California. So they only released 10 dates on their website that I saw of.

Nothing really in our area. The closest I saw was Nashville or Louisville, Kentucky. What the f***? Doesn't mean they're not coming here. They just haven't released all the dates. At least I could find on their website. The tour will also introduce new drummer John Hoffman to the band's fans as well.

One last story. Lindsey Buckingham is in the studio with friend and former bandmate Mick Fleetwood for the first time since Fleetwood Mac fired him in 2018. Ah.

Mick Fleetwood is working on new music, and Lindsey stopped by during the recording sessions to hear how things are going. Unfortunately, there's no indication that Buckingham is actually playing on the upcoming album. Their last studio project together was back in 2017 with the release of the Lindsey Buckingham-Christine McVie album, and that featured everyone from the former band except Stevie Nicks. So the... Yeah. So the...

you can't have the band reunite because Christine McVie is dead, but you could do a, you know... Yeah, you could do the rest of them. Yeah. You know, but... Yeah, Christine McVie was a huge part of that band. Steve, you know how the dance is one of your favorite and my favorite live albums of all time? The way that that got started was Mick and Lindsey in the studio together. Sure.

Lindsey was putting together a solo record and he invited Mick to come in and play drums. They started playing together and then Stevie showed up and then Christy showed up and then John showed up and then they reunited as a band. Wow. It's magic. That is all I have in music news. That means we have one more break to take. Do we have something? Marissa put something together. We can wait for...

I'm sorry? We can wait until next break. Oh, okay. All right. So we'll take... I just saw Marissa come in and point to something. All right. We'll take a quick break. We'll come back in a moment. We'll get a lesson. No, we'll get the letter of the day. Yes! That's what we'll do. You know I do. Come back in a moment. We'll get that. And we'll see what Pierre's got coming up. Stay with us. Return shortly. See you there. See you there.

Wouldn't it be great if there was a place to listen to MMR online nationwide where you could sign up for an MMR insider newsletter so you never miss the important stuff on All Things Rock. Maybe see Preston and Steve Daily Rush videos. Look for upcoming shows on a comprehensive concert calendar. See when and where we'll be out and about. Pick up some MMR gear and like a whole lot more. Well, it turns out there's a website that does all that.

WMMR.com. And it's always available, like right now, on your computer or phone or whatever. And we even made a catchy little jingle so you remember it. WMMR.com.

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I'm Steven Singer. Yep, that's me, the I Hate Steven Singer guy. People ask, what does this mean, I Hate Steven Singer? Well, most other jewelers love to sell diamond studs that are cheap. They have a name for it, Frozen Spit. I'm serious. That's what other jewelers call their own products.

Frozen spit. Can you imagine buying a cloudy diamond that's milky color? Oh my. Buy real diamonds from a real jeweler. Steven Singer Jewelers, who backs up every diamond with a real lifetime full trade-in value. The best money-back guarantee in the business. Here's why. Other jewelers hate our beautiful and neat diamond studs because ours are 100% eye-flawless and near-colorless.

Beautiful stuff. They come complete with our 14-carat safety silicone backs, so she never has to worry about losing them or outgrowing them because our diamonds are such nice quality that we offer everyone a lifetime upgrade. You can trade in your Anita Diamond studs and get exactly what you paid for them. I wish I could trade in my old iPhone and get what I paid. Visit me, the real Steven Singer, at the other corner of 8th and Walnut or online at IHateStevenSinger.com. One place, one price. ♪

Now, back with more of the Preston and Steve Show podcast. Ah, the ultimate sing-along rock tune from ACDC, of course, on 93.3 WMMA. Show me all that, Walt. 10.33 on a Wednesday morning as our program is coming to a close. Hopefully you had a chance to write down that new text number because when Pierre comes in, he may want to hear from you. And eventually...

be able to take a phone call from you on that same number. That will not only be our text number, that will be our request line number when the phone lines are finished being engaged and up and running. You gotta explain just a little bit, Preston. When a person mentions a phone call, you'll hold a device in your hand that'll allow you to talk long distances to us no matter where you are. That's what that means. In real time. In real time, you'll be able to communicate orally with us. Yes. It'll be amazing. You can try anally, but I don't think we'd hear it now. Well...

If you hold the phone to your ass, we're going to be able to hear it. I would like to thank our one and only guest this morning, Mr. Brian Callahan. Remember, he's human skin pulled tight over a cheetah. That's what he is known as. He's at the Helium Comedy Club Friday, Saturday, and there's a Sunday show at 7 p.m. Those shows will most likely sell out, so go to heliumcomedy.com.

Get your tickets now. And we were supposed to have Tom Pop on. I have a feeling there was a slight misunderstanding. We'll get him on very near. He's probably talking. He thinks he's talking to us now. Yeah, possibly. He thought we'd be dead by now from the poison he sent us. Pierre has wandered into our studio. Hey, man, how you doing? Fine, thanks. What's the...

Is this sourdough bread? That is sourdough bread that you're holding in your hand right there, sir. It is not from Tom Papa. It's actually from somebody we know who wants to remain anonymous. Okay. And they brought us in some sourdough bread to feast upon. It's really good. Gigantic. Yeah. It weighs a ton, doesn't it? Yeah. It does weigh quite a bit. I think San Francisco is famous for sourdough bread. Very famous for sourdough bread. Yes. Absolutely. There you have it. There you have it.

Letter of the day, dude? Yes. Here we go. Preston and Steve on 93.3 WMMR. Now, the Daily Letter. And the Preston and Steve Show is brought to you today by the letter. You is an understanding. All right. And we will give away on Friday a VIP experience for Disturbed. Wednesday, April 2nd at Wells Fargo Center. That includes a pair of premium tickets for the show. Meet the show.

Meet and greet and photo with members of Disturbed and Autographed Disturbed merchandise item as well. VIP laminate and more. And it's courtesy of Q Prime. Daughtry and nothing more are also on that bill. Tickets for the show are on sale now at Ticketmaster. So what are you going to do, man? We're going to have some fun, first of all. Secondly of all, we're going to continue. Just a few more days left in the month of March, International Women's History Month.

So today, a full block of the great band known as Blondie, Deborah Harry and company. So many great songs. Yeah, yeah. Also, we'll have a block of Aerosmith for Stephen's birthday, a workforce block of Eric Clapton by suggestion, and I think that's it. All right. Excellent. And I'll be doing a pirouette later. And a pirouette. Yes. Okay, okay. For the people watching at home. Yes, for those of you watching at home.

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Annie Letterman will be in our studio. Nice. And how about this? We just had, yesterday, we had Julia, a writer and producer, come by to promote this movie about Dr. Evans.

who was, Audrey Evans is a person who created the Ronald McDonald House and she was a pediatric oncologist. Thank you. I was losing it. We will have the woman starring as her actress Natalie Dormer on the show tomorrow. And we love her. Isn't that awesome? We're looking forward to that. That's it. We are done. Rage on. Have a great day and we'll see you tomorrow, friend. Bye-bye. President Steve on 93.3 WLB.

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